Category Archives: Guest Post
Michael Hudson Speaks to Luca Placidi About Global South Debt Peonage and the Inevitability of Multipolarity
Yves here. We are introducing most of you to Luca Placidi, founder of an Italian YouTube channel called “Tracce di Classe”. Placidi who started his blog and website in late 2023, “after the war in Ukraine and the one in Gaza made the mainstream media narrative impossible to be listened to.” He discussed politics and […]
Read more...Little Free Library’s Not-So-Little Commitment to Getting the Word Out
Little Free Library’s book-sharing boxes promote literacy and strengthen communities.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 7/26/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; who engineered the bait and switch?; Kamala and Lina Khan; abolish your lawn ~
Read more...Looking for Long Covid: A Clash of Definition and Study Design
Influential studies from the VA St. Louis take a broad view of long Covid. Not every expert agrees with the approach.
Read more...Economy Re-Accelerates in Q2. Our Drunken Sailors Splurge on Durable Goods, Investment Jumps, Federal Gov Undoes Blip
The US economy looks a bit perky. Party on! But will the Fed continue to apply the interest rate brakes?
Read more...AI Financial Crises
Yes, Virginia, AI, like older forms of automated trading, has a nasty propensity to cause crises.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 7/25/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: politics, syndemics; Biden’s post-defenestration speech. litmus tests for Kamala (Palestine, anti-trust); Kamala’s campaign, includiing the donor-gasm, the 100 days, and the bait and switch; trad wives; employee ownership ~
Read more...Suicide Squad: U.S. Troops Are Losing a War with Their Deadliest Enemy
Suicide is the leading cause of death for active duty and recently soldiers. The most likely contributor is not what you might suspect.
Read more...Links 7/25/2024
Net-Zero Ambitions Hit Major Roadblocks in Europe, UK, and US
The projected failure to meet insufficiently ambitious climate change goals like net zero should come as no surprise.
Read more...More Poverty for the Poor
The position of both poor nations and the poorest income groups globally has been deteriorating.
Read more...The Global Semiconductor Talent Crunch: How Protectionism Backfired
Oopsie! US semiconductor protectionism looks to have reduced the size of the pool of needed workers and experts.
Read more...Links 7/24/2024
Pitchbook Report Attempting to Defend Private Equity Role in Healthcare Suffers from Fundamental, Fatal Analytical Flaw
A recent report from Pitchbook commits data crimes in attempting to depict private equity management of healthcare companies as benign.
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