Thursday, November 6, 2025
Announcing Our New Small Donation “Double Your Donations” Challenge
Two readers have teamed up to turbocharge small donations!
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.
Compost Co-Op: Recycling the Discarded
Greenfield, Massachusetts’s Compost Co-op gives ex-inmates a living wage through meaningful work.
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 ~
Ambrit: Zeitgeist Report from the Heartland
How Naked Capitalism helps you rise above the sterile wastelands of the mainstream media.
The First Year of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Is Mired in Red Tape
How Georgia’s Medicaid work rules are operating as planned.
No Country for Old Men (or Women): Pensioners in Argentina Bear Brunt of Milei’s Hardcore Austerity
Cloaked in a flimsy veil of libertarianism, neoliberalism is not just alive and well in Argentina; it’s more virulent than ever.
Can We Afford the Welfare State?
Unpacking why the obstacle to preserving the welfare state is not national income or demographics but rentiers increasing their take.
Rajiv Sethi: On Models, Markets, and Disagreement
A look at prediction market reactions to the Harris-Trump debate, and why they need to be taken with at least a bit of salt.
Why Must Humans Compete for Electric Power with AI Bullshit Generators Programmed by Ritual Incantations?
A takedown of AI so-called “prompt engineering.”
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/12/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Trump the heel, full of grievances; Counting electoral votes now a National Special Security Event; Boeing strike — today? ~
Albrt: Naked Capitalism – a Home for the Heterodox
How Naked Capitalism is doing the work virtually no other site does and also provides a refuge for independent thinkers.
Announcing a Second 2024 “Double Your Donations” Challenge!
A new donor steps up with a “Double Your Donations” challenge! Make this fundraiser a big success by taking advantage of it!
