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Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Announcing Our 2024 “Double Your Donations” Challenge!
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 11:00 am | 22 Comments »
Russia’s Prosecution of the War in Ukraine: Can It Square the Circle of Probable Boundary Conditions?
Looking at a few likely Russian boundary conditions for its war in Ukraine suggests the end game will be tricky indeed.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Europe, Infrastructure, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 113 Comments »
Religion Matters for Economic Growth through Various Channels
Religion is a ubiquitous social phenomena that can spur or impair economic growth by affecting four elements of the macroeconomic production function – physical capital, human capital, population/labour, and total factor productivity.
Topics: Guest Post, Social policy, Social values, The dismal science
Posted by Lambert Strether at 9:54 am | 20 Comments »
Links 9/9/2024
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 119 Comments »
Polish Foreign Minister Volunteers Country to Fight Russia
Sikorski wants to shoot down Russian missiles as pressure buildis on Germany to start footing more of the bill for US imperial ambitions.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Guest Post, Politics, Russia
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 65 Comments »
Where Can We Live? The Homeless Crisis in America
The war on the homeless in the US has entered a very ugly phase.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:01 am | 25 Comments »
Dick Cheney is a Horrible Human Being, and His Endorsement Should Be Seen as a Negative
Why would anyone be “honored” by Dick Cheney’s endorsement?
Topics: Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 4:25 pm | 61 Comments »
Naked Capitalism: An Invaluable Lifeline During a Pandemic of Misdirection by Our Elite
Naked Capitalism has been life-saving, so please give it the support it has earned!
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:00 pm | 3 Comments »
A Failed Attempt at Market Manipulation
Markets that reference prices in other markets are common in the world of finance—all stock options and index futures have this property. But when it comes to electoral prediction markets, I see no rationale for such derivative contracts.
Topics: Guest Post, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Lambert Strether at 9:55 am | 29 Comments »
Links 9/8/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 195 Comments »
Yippee! Met Our Second Target! On to the Third: Continuing Expanded News Coverage
The fundraiser is going nicely but many of you have yet to contribute! How about chipping in for the daily essential of our morning Links?
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:50 am | 5 Comments »
Nick Corbishley: Naked Capitalism – Uncomfortable Truths and Dissenting Views in an Age of Rising Censorship
Support Naked Capitalism generously so it can continue its reporting and analysis in an increasingly hostile information environment
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 11:00 am | 8 Comments »
Links 9/7/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 172 Comments »
Richard Wolff: The Decline of the U.S. Empire – Where Is It Taking Us All?
Taking stock of the trajectory of the US running into the limits of its empire, and what the history of imperial declines suggests is in store
Topics: China, Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:48 am | 75 Comments »
Israel: 11 Months of War Have Battered the Country’s Economy
Israel’s economy continues to suffer as its war in Gaza drags on and unless the conflict ends soon, the damage will be lasting and deep.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Middle East
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:28 am | 21 Comments »