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Monday, June 23, 2025
Links 8/28/2023
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 175 Comments »
Danny Haiphong: Pepe Escobar and Michael Hudson Join on BRICS Plus Six, Ukraine, and the Multipolar World Economy!
Danny Haiphong talks to Michael Hudson and Pepe Escobar about hot mulitipolarity topics, particularly BRICS and its “currency” plans
Topics: China, Currencies, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, India, Middle East, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:23 am | 26 Comments »
Technotage on the Rise? More Efforts to Stymie Job-Threatening, Sometimes Hazardous “Innovations”
Ant-technology action, or technotage, seems to be increasing. Is this a trend or just coincidence?
Topics: Banana republic, Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Income disparity, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Risk and risk management, Social policy, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:35 am | 19 Comments »
Testing Marx
The findings highlight the role of historical, institutional, and technological factors in shaping capitalist trajectories, suggesting that a one-size-fits-all approach may be insufficient.
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:55 am | 32 Comments »
As Covid Surges, Los Angeles County Public Health Takes a Minimalist Approach
Mask up, Taylor! FFS.
Topics: Guest Post, Pandemic, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:55 pm | 25 Comments »
Links 8/27/2023
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 237 Comments »
The Atlas Network and the Building of Argentina’s Donald Trump
Javier Milei, a climate change denier widely supported by Atlas Network, a web of free market think tanks, won the necessary votes to run in Argentina’s presidential election in October.
Topics: Banana republic, Global warming, Globalization
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:50 am | 16 Comments »
Links 8/26/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 195 Comments »
Book Review: Two Critiques of America’s Ailing Health Care System
Two new books chronicle the shortcomings of the nation’s health care system, if you can call it that.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Politics, Privatization, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:30 am | 21 Comments »
The NYT & WSJ’s Critical Articles About Kiev’s Counteroffensive Explain Why It Failed
It’s now in the open that US and Ukraine were at odds about the much vaunted counteroffensive, even when it was clear it would not get far
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:54 am | 84 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/25/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 108 Comments »
Despite 4 Indictments, Trump Will Still Be the GOP Nominee
Trump won’t be over until he is over, and that will not be before the Republican convention.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Legal, Media watch, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:44 pm | 77 Comments »
Links 8/25/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 200 Comments »
Could New BRICS Member Argentina Become First Country to Receive a Full-Scale BRICS Bailout?
The country is once again in deep crisis mode, with decades high inflation, a crumbling currency and no foreign currency reserves. It is shackled to the IMF but now faces the possibility of being able to tap alternative sources of finance.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:54 am | 22 Comments »
KFF Health News Publishes Shameful, Self-Serving Story Advocating Unrealistic “Social Media” Approach to Bogus Insurer Denials Instead of Pushing for External Appeal
KFF Health News advocated feel-good but largely ineffective approaches to insurer denials, as opposed to effectiive reforms.
Topics: Banana republic, Dubious statistics, Health care, Media watch
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:50 am | 15 Comments »