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Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Links 6/3/2023
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 160 Comments »
The Strange Death of the Liberal Individual
Yanis Varoufakis argues that techno-capitalism has fragmented the individual by coopting attention, undermining liberty.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Moral hazard, Politics, Surveillance state, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:15 am | 81 Comments »
NYC Sheriff Miranda Hawked ‘Gimmick’ COVID Protection Just Before Mayor Adams Hired Him
Anthony Miranda touted the ‘virus buster’ with a convicted racketeer and a Queens business leader embroiled in an Elon Musk-imposter spectacle
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:04 am | 3 Comments »
A Musical Interlude of Many Instruments
Now for somthing completely different…on the musical front.
Topics: Curiousities, Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:22 am | 25 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/2/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 93 Comments »
Why Washington Underwrites Violence in Ukraine
The ranks of Ukraine and US hegemony believers are starting to thin. But not soon enough.
Topics: China, Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Media watch, Middle East, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 73 Comments »
Links 6/2/2023
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 189 Comments »
EU’s COVID-19 Vaccine Procurement Scandal Continues to Grow Despite Deafening Media Silence
“Under Commission President von der Leyen, the tendency of EU institutions (and officials) to evade their due accountability by collectively hiding behind a democracy-defying bulwark of opacity has reached alarming proportions.”
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 10 Comments »
“Lessons for a Pandemic”
Lessons learned, and not, from a pandemic that isn’t over.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:00 am | 15 Comments »
The Grid Needs A $20 Trillion Upgrade To Support Energy Transition
Inadequate grid capacity all over the globe raises doubts about the viability of green energy plans, at least at scale.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Environment, Globalization, Guest Post, Infrastructure, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:06 am | 56 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/1/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 119 Comments »
Amid Global Debate, UN Plastics Treaty at Risk of Falling Short
The war on plastics has put recycling in its crosshairs.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Guest Post, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 3 Comments »
Links 6/1/2023
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 75 Comments »
The Loss of Executive Function in the West
On the decay of executive function, or why just about no one seems able to manage his way out of a paper bag.
Topics: Corporate governance, Doomsday scenarios, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Globalization, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:15 am | 157 Comments »
The Assisted Dying Debate Is Really About How We Treat the Living
A recent push to legalize assisted dying in France obscures more fundamental problems that plague end-of-life care.
Topics: Europe, Guest Post, Health care, Legal, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:04 am | 21 Comments »