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Sunday, June 22, 2025
Links 9/13/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:59 am | 140 Comments »
DJG, Reality Czar: Help Naked Capitalism Keep Spoiling You
Naked Capitalism does a lot for all of us. So time to donate to keep this good thing going.
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:31 am | 3 Comments »
On Not Thinking Like a Liberal in the 21st Century
“Liberalism is the solution to nothing we face in this changing world that Liberalism hath wrought.”
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:30 am | 38 Comments »
The Reported Russian-North Korean Military Deal Is All About Geostrategic Balancing
Looking at the logic of the Russian deal with North Korea.
Topics: China, Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:53 am | 48 Comments »
The South China Sea’s Resource Wars
Taiwan is only a part of the ongoing conflict between Chana and America plus its Asian allies.
Topics: China, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Globalization, Guest Post, Japan
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:22 am | 2 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/12/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 93 Comments »
In Search of Safer Shelters: The Challenges of Replicating Nature
Human-made shelters don’t always keep creatures out of harm’s way. Can technology help design a better birdhouse?
Topics: Environment, Guest Post, Science and the scientific method, Species loss, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 11:02 am | 10 Comments »
Links 9/12/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:59 am | 160 Comments »
New 2023 Double Your Donations Challenge!
Amp up your donation by taking advantage of a generous reader’s challenge!
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:58 am | 10 Comments »
G20 and World Bank Reaffirm Their Commitment to Harnessing Power of “Digital Public Infrastructure” (DPI)
“Everybody should have a digital ID; everybody should have a bank account; everybody should have a smartphone. Then, anything can be done. Everything else is built on that.”
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:47 am | 15 Comments »
How Shareholder Value Fixation Turns AI and Robotics into a Recipe for Failure
New technologies are not the problem. It’s a system distorted by a flawed shareholder value ideology.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Investment outlook, Regulations and regulators, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:45 am | 9 Comments »
At What Level Will Saudi Arabia And Russia Stop Pushing Oil Prices Higher?
Russia and Saudi Arabia seem finally to have gotten the oil price increases they wanted. How much higher might they go?
Topics: China, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:39 am | 19 Comments »
Bravo! Hit Third Fundraiser Target, On to the Fourth: Guest Bloggers
Dig deep to meet our fourth target: rewarding Lambert, Nick, Conor Gallagher, and KLG!
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:48 am | 2 Comments »
15 Dad Jokes that Are Actually Funny
“A horse walks into a bar….”
Topics: Curiousities, Guest Post, Media watch
Posted by Lambert Strether at 3:55 pm | 77 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/11/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 96 Comments »