How the Yurok Tribe Is Bringing Back the California Condor
The reintroduction of the long-lived, highly social condor has offered insight into the importance of parenting in the species.
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Estimating the Short-Term Impact of War on Economic Activity in Ukraine
A rosy-seeming view of how Ukraine’s economy is faring.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 6/21/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Read more...Portland: Sobering Lessons in Untying the Knot of a Homeless Crisis
On the burgeoning homeless problem in Portland, and the city’s well-meaning but insufficient measures.
Read more...A Political Earthquake Just Took Place in Latin America
Colombia’s presidential elections this past weekend were historical on a number of levels, not least because they portend a shift in relations with its long-term hegemon, the US.
Read more...Charlottesville, COVID, Trump and the War on Free Speech
How the war against free speech is backfiring….but the perps keep pushing even harder.
Read more...The Mining Industry Is Replicating the Oil Sector Crisis
The push for green new energy faces a big hurdle via sharply rising prices of key inputs, due to years of underinvestment in mining.
Read more...Hillary Clinton’s Lunch with the Financial Times
Pulling on my yellow waders for Hillary Clinton…
Read more...Turnaround for the Left, Big Gains for the Far Right in French Legislative Elections
Yves here. Please welcome Jonah Birch, who came to us through a good friend of the site, Tom Ferguson. Jonah is a sociologist who most recently was an assistant professor at Marquette University and has just returned to New York City. His areas of interest include political sociology, social movements, European politics, work and labor […]
Read more...Links 6/20/2022
Michael Hudson: The Fed’s Austerity Program to Reduce Wages
The Fed, following neoclassical orthodoxy, hates having ordinary workers properly paid.
Read more...The Fifth Anniversary of the Grenfell Tower Fire, Aesthetics, and Social Murder
What were the causes behind Grenfell Tower’s beautiful, smooth facade?
Read more...Climate Deniers and the Language of Climate Obstruction
From narratives about fossil fuels as a solution to climate advocates as out of touch with reality, here’s how the fossil fuel industry and its allies are weaponizing words to delay climate action.
Read more...Michael Hudson Talks About Almost Everything with Jonathan Brown
Another blockbuster interview with Michael Hudson.
Read more...What Does Capitalism Repress? A Jungian Perspective.
Who or what does capitailsm serve?
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