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Wednesday, October 15, 2025
We’re Getting Sick of Noise Pollution
Topics: Global warming
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 14 Comments »
Mark Ames: Why Finance Is Too Important to Leave to Larry Summers
Mark Ames’ biting classic is a reminder that Larry Summers, like so many prominent economists, has become too big to fail.
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 10:34 am | 13 Comments »
Links 9/15/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 162 Comments »
The EU Retreats Further into a World of Self-Delusion
Mario Draghi calls for Europe, decimated by self-inflicted energy crisis and social austerity, to go on borrowing spree to pay for endless fight against Russia.
Topics: China, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Environment, Europe, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, Russia, Social policy, Social values, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 43 Comments »
Harris Can’t Embrace Billionaires if She Wants to Win
But has she already embraced them?
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Investment outlook, Politics, Social policy, Social values, Taxes
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 27 Comments »
Kudos! Met Our Fifth Goal, and on to the Sixth: Expanding Our Reach
In this hostile media environment, getting the word out about Naked Capitalism is ever more important! Please help fund promoting the site!
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 11:03 am | 5 Comments »
Fundraiser Special! Come Get This Year’s Naked Capitalism Songbook!
242 pages of community inspiration
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Lambert Strether at 10:45 am | 2 Comments »
Links 9/14/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 192 Comments »
Announcing Our New Small Donation “Double Your Donations” Challenge
Two readers have teamed up to turbocharge small donations!
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:30 am | 8 Comments »
Is US Policy Saving the Dollar or Destroying It?
How the global economy is being restructured, in no small measure due to inept, self-destructive policy moves that undermine dollar use in trade.
Topics: China, Currencies, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics, Russia, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:28 am | 17 Comments »
Compost Co-Op: Recycling the Discarded
Greenfield, Massachusetts’s Compost Co-op gives ex-inmates a living wage through meaningful work.
Topics: Environment, Guest Post, Income disparity, Permaculture, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:00 am | 4 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/13/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; new polling averages (it’s a tie) and new Covid tables (some encouragement); Taibbi roasts mainstream debate coverage; Boeing strikes, could lead to ratings downgrade ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 88 Comments »
Ambrit: Zeitgeist Report from the Heartland
How Naked Capitalism helps you rise above the sterile wastelands of the mainstream media.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 11:45 am | 42 Comments »
The First Year of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Is Mired in Red Tape
How Georgia’s Medicaid work rules are operating as planned.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Regulations and regulators, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:58 am | 11 Comments »
Links 9/13/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 228 Comments »