How Trump’s policies are destroying key elements of U.S. economic prosperity, with agriculture as a canary in the coal mine.
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Thursday, October 16, 2025
Michael Hudson: Trump’s Destruction of US Economy, Starting with Agriculture
Topics: China, Economic fundamentals, Environment, Global warming, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics, Taxes
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 42 Comments »
Links 9/19/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 81 Comments »
US Expands Scope of Its (Fake) War on Drug Cartels to Colombia; Colombia Responds By Threatening to Stop Buying US Weapons
Is this the beginning of another US-sponsored coup?
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 17 Comments »
Trump Administration, Jimmy Kimmel, and Media Brownshirting
Like it or not, the FCC had ABC and Disney completely over barrel in the Jimmy Kimmel ouster.
Topics: Banana republic, Media watch, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:08 am | 69 Comments »
AI Chatbots Need Guardrails to Protect Users’ Mental Health
Chatbots are designed to be addictive and have produced psychotic behavior. But suppliers have yet to implement protective features.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Regulations and regulators, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:59 am | 11 Comments »
Israel’s Attack on Qatar Shows What Gulf States Have Yet to Grasp
It’s a cruel irony that Qatar has been bombed twice in the last three months by two sworn enemies, first by Iran and then by Israel. Neither has received kinetic retaliation from the very power supposedly guaranteeing Qatar’s security: the U.S. This signals a shift in the world order that Israel has already understood, but […]
Topics: Coffee Break, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Curro Jimenez at 2:00 pm | 62 Comments »
Trump UK State Visit Demonstrates That the Power Elite Has Drawn Up the Drawbridge Over Safety Fears
The handling of Trump’s UK state visit confirms elite insecurity and safety fears. Like many Trump and UK/EU moves, crackdowns may backfire
Topics: Banana republic, Globalization, Income disparity, Social policy, Surveillance state, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 39 Comments »
Links 9/18/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 173 Comments »
Quelle Surprise! CEOs Overwhelmingly Negative on Trump’s Economic Policies as Shallow Fed Rate Cut Confirms Stagflation Worries
Even a bastion of Republican support, CEOs, has soured on Trump’s economic policies, as the damage to regular citizens mounts.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Investment outlook, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:45 am | 16 Comments »
Michael Hudson: Who Writes the New Rules as Power Shifts Away from the US?
Michael Hudson discusses many of the responses to the US loss of economic dominance, from Europe’s self-immolation to China’s lending.
Topics: Currencies, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Globalization, Guest Post, Payment system, Politics, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:16 am | 13 Comments »
Prison Labor: The Last Stronghold of Slavery in the US
Black Americans are disproportionately incarcerated and exploited with prison labor. It’s time to finish abolition
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:39 am | 7 Comments »
Coffee Break: Competence, Corruption and Control Limit Administrative Ambition
Does the corrupt Trump administration have the competence and control to impose its will?
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 2:00 pm | 40 Comments »
How Private Equity Is Corroding Education in the UK
The Government is standing by as foreign private equity firms buy up UK universities. This should be a major concern
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Politics, Private equity, Privatization, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 13 Comments »
Links 9/17/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 160 Comments »
Netanyahu Depicts Grim Economic Future for Israel, Need to Become an Autarky, “Super Sparta” Due to Isolation; Are There More Meanings?
Netanyahu really did admit Israel is on the ropes economicaly, even though he then tried to walk it back. What might have been the prompt?
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 37 Comments »