Yanis Varoufakis: Inflation as a Political Power Play Gone Wrong
Looking at inflation through a class warfare lens.
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Robert Smithson, Creator of “Spiral Jetty” and the Artist for the Jackpot?
A perambulation through the works of “land artist” Robert Smithson.
Read more...Hospices Have Become Big Business for Private Equity Firms, Raising Concerns About End-of-Life Care
Expect hospice care to go the way of privately-owned nursing homes, now that private equity is geting its claws into the industry.
Read more...Book Review: A Global History of the Black Death
In “The World the Plague Made,” James Belich argues that the Black Death had a profound impact beyond Europe.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 7/29/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Monotonous Lark, Limpopo, South Africa. I’m not sure if this is a duet, or an echo. * * * Politics “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51 “They had learned nothing, and forgotten nothing.” […]
Read more...The Future of Global Catastrophic Risk Events from Climate Change
U.N.: Climate change is causing extreme events that can kill > 10 million or lead to > $10 trillion in damages, threatening societal collapse
Read more...The First Ever Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) of a Largish Economy, Nigeria’s eNaira, Is Already Floundering
After being launched to great fanfare in October 2021, Nigeria’s eNaira has so far had minimal impact on the country’s economy and citizens.
Read more...Michael Hudson: American Diplomacy as a Tragic Drama
American policies have become astonishingly obvious about not simply putting the US first, but also exploiting supposed partners to do so.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 7/28/2022
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Read more...UPS Drivers Demand AC in Trucks Following Heat Wave: ‘It’s Like Walking Into Hell’
Delivery drivers work in what ought to be illegal conditions. Will anything change?
Read more...Links 7/28/2022
Left in the Dark: The Families Struggling to Survive Fuel Poverty
The future many in the UK and Europe will suffer this winter: having to choose between food and fuel.
Read more...Biden’s Climate Emergency: Will He Declare It?
Biden has put the idea of using the National Emergency Act to declare a climate emergency in play. What are its odds of happening?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 7/27/2022
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Read more...Prices of New Houses Plunge, Sales Crater to Lockdown Level, Inventories Pile Up to Highest Since 2008
There is no “housing shortage,” with over 9 months’ supply of unsold houses, the most since the Housing Bust. But prices are still too high.
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