Why Intel’s prospects are even worse than its stock price plunge and worried press accounts suggest.
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Satyajit Das: The Middle East’s Dance of Death – Part 1: Deluge
A long view of the conflict in the Middle East.
The Growing Conservative Backlash Against Carbon Capture and Storage
A climate technology favored by oil companies is increasingly being attacked by more prominent figures on the right who are following the lead of their base.
Why Is the EU Upping the Pressure on Meloni in Italy?
News that Rome is in hot water over “rule of law” issues came out at same time Meloni headed East in attempt to repair ties with China, but is that the reason?
Urgent Care or ER? With ‘One-Stop Shop,’ Hospitals Offer Both Under Same Roof
Hospitals in several states are partnering with a private equity-backed company to offer combined emergency and urgent care in a single building. But patients may not realize prices vary between the two services — often by a lot.
Uncovering Dark Oxygen: Deep-Sea Discovery Challenges Scientific Assumptions
Yves here. We linked to reports of the discovery of so-called dark oxygen, but we did not realize that this finding could argue for restricting deep sea mining. By Felicity Bradstock, a freelance writer specializing in energy and finance. Originally published at OilPrice Potato-shaped metallic nodules deep under the Pacific Ocean produce oxygen in complete […]
The Shocking Truth Behind the End of Financial Colonialism
Another take on the slow unraveling of the Western-dominated order, here seen as a repudiation of colonialism.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/2/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics Charts Friday: New RCP charts (bad news for Trump); many Covid updates (a little good news); new study on Covid and traffic safety; Kamala’s VP search; aphantasia and prosopometamorphopsia. ~
Eyepopping Factory Construction Boom in the US Reaches New Highs Amid Big Corporate & Strategic Rethink
New factory building shows that reshoring plans are translating into action. But how many will produce successful operations?
Israel: Armageddon?
Israel, as John Mearshimer put in in a new post, has gotten itself in deep kimchee. Who else will it drag into its desperate mess?
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.
