German auto industry is representative of wider EU efforts to use the Balkans as a low-wage, polluted sacrifice zone.
Sunday, July 20, 2025
Biden Moves To Reduce U.S. Reliance On Russian Nuclear Supply Chain
As Project Ukraine collapses, the Biden administration notices the US relies on Russia for nuclear fuel and figures somebody better do something about that.
Who Will Care for Older Adults? We’ve Plenty of Know-How but Too Few Specialists
The ranks of doctors who specialize in care of the elderly is shrinking. Why?
Could It Be the Fed’s Mega-QE Created So Much Liquidity That Tightening Doesn’t Work until this Excess Gets Burned Up?
Financial Conditions loosen further: credit markets blow off the Fed to make sure “higher for longer” gets entrenched? That would be funny.
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/10/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
After Years of Tanking Climate Action and Anti-Poverty Measures, Manchin Announces Exit From Senate
“During his time in office, Manchin served the fossil fuel industry and lined his pockets with the payoff,” said one critic.
Brazil’s Lula Government Just Mandated COVID-19 Vaccines For All Children Over 6 Months of Age
Brazil’s Minister of Health, Nísia Trindade, claims that all COVID-19 vaccines have proven to be both effective and safe, and that COVID-19 is a vaccine-preventable disease.
Rob Urie: Biden Visits Hitler’s Bunker, Sends for a Decorator: Israel and Ukraine Edition
The US is losing power and geopolitical legitimacy by its mishandling, or one might say misguided handling, its clients Israel and Ukraine.
Jim Chanos: “The Crypto Ecosystem Is Well-Suited for the Dark Side of Finance.”
The famed short-seller talks Sam Bankman-Fried, why Wall Street is still so keen on crypto, and how technology is making us dumber
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/9/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
The Fed’s Bank Capital Three-Card Monte: Undermines Tighter Rules by Allowing Synthetic Risk Transfers to Famed Hedge Fund Bad Actors Like Magnetar, Ares
The Fed again seems unable to contain its bad impulses.
