Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

Matthew Cunningham-Cook: How Finance Is Starving Yemen

Who is backing and profiting from the Saudi campaign for mass extermination in Yemen?

When a Business You Like Dies

Mourning the death of a favorite business, and what that says about the environment for entrepreneurs.

Gauis Publius: North Pole 50 Degrees Warmer Than Normal in December

Why you should be worried about abnormally hot temperatures at the North Pole.

Tom Engelhardt: The Future According to Trump

Gaming out some likely Trump scenarios.

Italy Banking Crisis Is Also a Huge Crime Scene

While Italy’s banking crisis results from business loans gone dud in a shrinking economy, some of the banks were also up to no good.

The Fundamental Flaw in Muddied Brexit Thinking

Brexit negotiators seem clueless about how to get out of their own way. Here’s why.

So Who Gets to Pay for Italy’s Banking Crisis?

The pretense that even Monte dei Paschi can be bailed out privately is being abandoned. So how will Italy’s sick banks be salvaged?

Europe’s Crisis Was Caused More By Reckless Lending Than By Reckless Spending

Remedies have failed to produced growth and lower indebtedness because they’re focused on protecting toxic behavior by banks in Europe’s core

Wolf Richter: Italians Vote “No,” Renzi to Resign, Banking Crisis Now Looking for Taxpayers

Will the failure of Renzi’s constitutional referendum and resulting political uncertainty finally force Italy’s banking crisis to a head?

Trump’s Win is a Warning: Europe Urgently Needs a New Deal

Europe is ignoring the lessons of New Deal era much to its peril.

Trump’s Existential Threat: Climate Change

Trump will encounter opposition from the military if he persists with climate change denialism.

Oil Industry Worries About Peak Oil, as in Peak Demand

Some forward-thinking oil producers are worried about peak demand. Are their concerns warranted?

Italy’s Bank Rescues Founder, With Small Savers and Prime Minister Renzi as Casualties

Italian banks may start bail-ins at the worst possible time for Matteo Renzi and his constitutional reforms.

Thwarting Trump’s Climate Change Rollback: The Green-State Climate Agreement

State and local measures, such as a green-state pact, could impede the Trump administration’s efforts to unwind climate change initiatives.

Mark Blyth and Wendy Schiller – Election 2016: What Happened and Why?

Mark Blyth gives yet another colorful, incisive, and spot on reading of politics, this time of the US election and the political outlook.