What ‘The Wire’ Teaches About Institutions
“The Wire” as a worked example on the nature and pace of change. Do you agree?
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How Geopolitics Is Changing Trade
Western measures against Russia and China measures have affected global trade. But what of actual winners and losers?
Read more...Why Are Argentina’s Highest-Denomination Currency Bills Being Printed By a State-Owned Company in China?
Javier Milei on the campaign trail, eight months ago: “Not only am I not going to do business with China, I am not going to do business with any communist.”
Read more...Climate Change Is Affecting Mental Health Literally Everywhere
How climate change exacts a psychological toll, and what if anything to do.
Read more...The US, Israel, and the ‘Anti-Semitism’ Fraud
Since it clearly needs to be said early and often, the campaign to demonize opponents of Israel’s genocide as anti-Semites is a complete crock.
Read more...Apple’s “Crush” Ad, Rentierism, and the End of Capitalism?
Apple’s dystopian ode to rentierism.
Read more...Elections and Devaluations
Quelle surprise! Regimes facing elections often goose their economies, leading to currency appreciation pre-vote and devaluations afterwards.
Read more...In the Race for Space Metals, Companies Hope to Cash In
Mining asteroids could, in theory, reduce the burden on Earth’s resources. What could go wrong?
Read more...“Living in Netanyahu’s America” – In More Ways Than One
The economic components that have served as the dehumanizing foundation to Israel’s current “plausible” genocide share many similarities with poor Americans and migrant laborers who are treated as disposable in the US.
Read more...Their First Baby Came With Medical Debt. These Illinois Parents Won’t Have Another.
For millions of new parents, medical debt is now as much a hallmark of having children as long nights and dirty diapers.
Read more...‘Unhinged’ Israeli Ambassador Literally Shreds UN Charter Ahead of Successful Vote Urging Security Council to Reconsider Palestine Membership
Israel has yet another childish temper tantrum over the prospect of not getting its way, here over Palestine membership advancing in the UN.
Read more...Nuclear Energy: The New Geopolitical Battleground
The Collective West scrambles to replace Russia as a source of nuclear fuel and services.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 5/10/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics: (1) New swing state polling, Hillary Clinton on the ignorance of youth, Trump will love jail, potential nasal spray, and you’ll never guess from whom. ~
Read more...Work Longer, Die Sooner! America’s Dire Need to Expand Social Security and Medicare
Experts describe how requiring U.S. seniors to work in their old age often threatens their health and well-being.
Read more...World’s Oldest Central Bank Keeps Sounding Alarm on Fragility of Cashless Economies. Are Other Central Banks Listening?
At a time when the dominant narrative around cash is that its demise is all but inevitable, as well as broadly desirable, the 2024 payment report by Sweden’s Riksbank may offer a cautionary tale.
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