Germany continues to self-destruct, more austerity planned for EU, Ursula von der Leyen’s “tools” are sharpened to deal with prole backlash.
Saturday, December 27, 2025
Why Are Their Lordships So Frightened of Modern Monetary Theory?
Efforts are underway to discredit modern monetary theory in the UK.
What Is China’s Future? Economic Decline, or the Next Industrial Revolution?
China has become economically wobbly of late. What does that portend?
New Evidence the German Taurus Attack Plan Was Leaked by the US Air Force
Yves here. It’s quite a big claim that members of the US military would leak a recording of German generals scheming to strike Russia with Taurus missiles to Russia. But then again, given that the US blew up the NordStream pipeline, it’s not as if the US regards Germany as anything other that a state […]
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/15/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, Boeing, Berlin techno, media assault on Long Covid ~
How Effective Is International Aid and Assistance? The Rise of Debt Traps
Special interests and the lack of a unified vision facilitate corruption. Rising debt levels in the developing world suggest a tipping point.
Just Three Months into Office, Argentina’s Milei Government Invites US Troops to Help “Manage” Major Waterway
“This is an agreement involving a foreign army belonging to a country that clearly seeks to increase its hemispheric influence over Latin America.”
Young Voters, Victims of Neoliberalism, Pessimistic About the Future, Sour on Politics…As Officials Tell Them to Eat Statistics
A Wall Street Journal article about dispirited young voters reveals more than it intended to.
Major US Companies Pay Executives More Than Uncle Sam
More evidence, as if you needed it, that corporate executives are very skilled at feathering their nests.
Closing Hours of the 2024 Water Cooler Fundraiser. Please Help Hit Our Target!
Lambert goes a bit meta.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/14/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Political and pandemic news, plus right-to-repair, and Ibogaine. ~
The Intergenerational Health Effects of Forced Displacement: Japanese American incarceration During WWII
As confirmed by a study of Japanese interment in World War II, the health impact of displacement is long-lived.
