Category Archives: Dubious statistics

Satyajit Das: The Financial Party Is Coming to an Abrupt End

There seems to be no escape from looming economic and financial problems, but the officialdom will do it best to delay the reckoning.

The Inevitable Financial Crisis

We’re again in the Wile E Coyote phase of a financial crisis, but this time, the real economy problems are far worse than in 2008.

Satyajit Das: Emerging Market Crisis Pathologies

Why emerging markets look set to suffer a world of hurt.

Gasoline Demand Destruction Accelerates Despite Plunge in Prices: Consumption Drops to August 1997 Level

Gasoline purchases show a softening economy, but the Fed is likely to ignore that memo.

Did the US Jump the Gun With the New Omicron-Targeted Vaccines?

On the queasiness over the dearth of testing for the new omicron vaccine “booster:.

New Study More Than Triples Estimated Costs of Climate Change Damages

A new Nature study lends weight to the idea that federal agencies could be much more aggressive in regulating climate pollutants.

Michael Hudson on Student Debt Relief, Inflation, Ukraine Disaster Capitalism, Petrodollar Challenge

Michael Hudson gives a newswap with Ben Norton: student debt forgiveness, inflation, Ukraine, dollar rows, and the death of the Queen

Europe’s Economic Controlled Flight Into Terrain

More on Europe’s economic suicide.

Is Wood the Climate-Friendly Urban Building Material of the Future?

Experts claim there will be a large need for additional construction through 2050. Is wood the answer?

The Economic Case for ‘Blue Hydrogen’ Is Getting Worse. Cue the Lobbyists.

DeSmog has mapped the fossil fuel interests lobbying for gas-derived hydrogen and threatening to derail the momentum of green hydrogen.

Alzheimer’s Disease and Modern Biomedical Research: A Cautionary Tale in Several Parts

How foundational work on Alzheimers’s disease was based on fradulent, um, manipulated data, yet not much rethinking has been done.

We Could Massively Reduce the Price of Energy in the UK – By Changing the Way We Regulate Energy Prices

A remedy for the UK/EU energy price shock is changing price rules. But can those fixes be implemented soon enough?

The Bank of England Increasing Interest Rates to 4% – As Markets Expect – Could Be Enough To Bring the Whole Economy Down

The Bank of England is in “Burn the village to save it” mode via interest rate increases which do little to address the causes of inflation.

Most Bleak Federal Report Yet on High-Tide/Sunny-Day Tide Floods

Tide floods on otherwise normal high tide days are yet another global warming warning sign.

Companies Are Paying Inflation Busting Dividends at Cost to the Rest of the Economy, Including Their Employees

How companies are paying dividends rather than investing in their business or paying employees better……and often borrow to do so.