Category Archives: Guest Post

Links 8/2/2024

Could Russia Become First G-20 Economy to Launch a Full-Fledged Central Bank Digital Currency?

Big moves are afoot on the digital ruble.

Ninety Pre-Election Days in Two Charts

Election statistical models performed poorly in the US this year. That’s to be expected when faced with tail risk events.

Wildfires Can Create Their Own Weather, Further Spreading the Flames − An Atmospheric Scientist Explains How

A worked example of how human activity does not just have direct environment effects but also feedback loops, here on weather.

Links 8/1/2024

Michael Hudson & Jill Stein: Israel Just Crossed Hezbollah And Iran’s Red Line: WWIII Looms

Israel has just greatly upped the ante with assassinations in Tehran, Beirut, and possibly a third in Damascus. How will the Axis of Resistance respond?

Repaying Bank Loans Destroys Money

Richard Murphy discusses a key, and not well understood, implication of repaying bank loans.

Links 7/31/2024

CrowdStrike Lessons: Liability Shields Fuel Risky Practices, Expert Warns

A discussion of the regulatory and behavioral issues that helped produce the Crowdstrike 404.

Starvation in Sudan: As in Gaza, the Deprivation Is Deliberate

How a brutal, five year old civil war in Sudan has been producing Gaza-level starvation and war crimes.

Groundhog Day in Venezuela

Nicolas Maduro “wins” presidential elections but the opposition, the US and US-aligned governments in the region refuse to accept results. Eyes are now on Brazil, Mexico and Colombia.

Let’s Abolish the Colonial IMF on Its 80th Birthday

Developing country protesters want the IMF to stop exploiting countries in debt crisis. But is BRICS prepared to fill the gap?

“Censorship to Defend Democracy”

ZOMG, VoxEU starts with the premise that censorship is of course warranted, but finds current implementations have not worked well.