Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

Stimulus Talks on Verge of Failure as Both Sides Trade Blame

No news on the stimulus front is very very bad news.

Why Taiwan Is at the Heart of a Geopolitical Struggle to Produce Cutting-Edge Computer Chips

Why Taiwan could serve as a prototype for a tech proxy war.

Peter Kuznick: Why Did Americans Accept Barbaric Slaughter of Japanese Civilians?

In 1939, Roosevelt decried targeting civilians as “inhuman barbarism”. In 1945, the U.S. firebombed Japanese cities and dropped nuclear bombs.

Mass Gatherings Contributed to Early COVID-19 Mortality: Evidence from US Sports

A clever and disconcerting analysis shows how much big indoor gatherings boosted Covid-19 deaths.

Why International Financial Regulation Still Falls Short

Financial regulators still don’t like to tame bubbles even after seeing how costly it is when they go boom. Shame, that.

Washington Going Full Andrew Mellon as Stimulus Talks Drag, Inadequate Support Guaranteed

An inadequate second stimulus is guaranteed. The only question is “how inadequate”?

Call for ‘Emergency Charity Stimulus’ as Billionaire Wealth Soars and US Nonprofits Sink

Charity reform would help deploy more funds to address more Covid-19 needs, but the real remedy lies in much bolder government spending.

The Consequences of Inequality Can Be Fatal

A compliation of some of the costs of inequality, updated for the Covid-19 era.

Rough Ride for Airlines – Full Recovery Moved to 2024: IATA

IATA is unwilling to apply porcine maquillage to airlines. In light of this forecast, what happens when they inevitably need more bailouts?

Plastics in Oceans Will Triple By 2040, Absent Immediate Drastic Action

Unless we take drastic steps NOW- and stop allowing plastics pushers to set the agenda- plastics in the world’s oceans will triple in twenty years, by 2040.

US and China Are Both Raising the Military Stakes in the South China Sea

Is the US engaged in military escalation with China, or are recent moves just high stakes posturing?

The War Nerd: Amateurs Talk Cancel, Pros Talk Silence

War Nerd Newlestter 100:Irish potato famine and more: a tour d’horizon through AK Sen, Victorian literature, et.al.

More on Deaths of Despair: New Study Links Early Job Loss to Higher Rates of Overdose Deaths and Suicides

Another look at deaths of despair confirms the danger of job loss and even too-early retirement.

Brexit and Inertia

Things have changed very little on the Brexit front, which is not good.