Agribusiness Is the Problem, Not the Solution
Why agribusiness isn’t well positioned to address hunger.
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Will The U.S. Actively Pursue Regime Change In Iran?
The US is still awfully eager to Do Something in Iran.
Read more...The Financial Crisis Was a Minsky Moment but We Live in Strange Times
Why has Susan Strange been reputationally short changed as an expert in financial instability?
Read more...How Energy Efficiency Delivers Green Dividends in Red and Blue States
Promoting and rewarding energy efficiency is popular even in conservative states, and is an important way to get the green ball rolling and have some near-term impact.
Read more...Brexit: The Test of the Ultras?
Another supposed big Brexit day in Parliament. Will this prove to be yet another damp squib?
Read more...China’s Mountain Of Debt Is About To Crumble
A worrying update about China’s corporate debt.
Read more...Climate Damages: Uncertain but Ominous, or $51 per Ton of Carbon?
The dark and contested art of pricing carbon emissions.
Read more...Are Investors Finally Waking up to North America’s Fracked Gas Crisis?
The latest in Justin Mikulka’s excellent coverage on the fracking beat for DeSmog Blog.
Read more...Reining in Leveraged Lending
Yves here. This article pre-supposes that readers understand that most leveraged lending is taking place as a result of private equity, via two routes. First, private equity funds use a great deal of borrowed money when buying companies. One of the biggest sources is so-called leveraged loans, which are normally originally made by banks, but […]
Read more...Our Plastics, Our Selves
Account of the research expedition undertaken by the vessel The Sea Dragon to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Ubiquitous plastic is affecting marine life, and humans, in ways scientists are only beginning to to understand.
Read more...Italy Guns For Glass-Steagall-Type Law to Break Up Banks, Cut Bailout Costs for Taxpayers
Italy pushes for some bold banking reforms….but how far can it get given the wobbly state of its banks and ECB hostility?
Read more...Brexit: May’s March to Nowhere
Brexit angst is rising, yet nothing fundamental has changed.
Read more...Haven’t Enough to Keep You Awake At Night? Try The Doomsday Clock For A Truthful State Of The Union
As Trump takes the US out of Reagan’s nuclear arms pact with Russia, it’s time to have a look at the Doomsday Clock.
Read more...How the Peak Oil Story Could Be “Close,” But Not Quite Right
An in-depth look at the “peak oil” thesis and how well its predictions are playing out.
Read more...Venezuela Coup Attempt Part of US Plan to Remake Latin America
Unfortunately, US support of the attempted coup in Venezuela is just one part of planned interventions south of the border.
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