A recap of James Hansen’s latest clmate report, which finds the rate of warming has accelerated.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2025
A New Climate Frontier
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:28 am | 85 Comments »
NAM 2.0+G77 vs G7+NATO+OECD+WEF
Jomo warns US policies are creating war and depression, pushing developing nations to strengthen democratic institutions of global governance
Topics: Africa, Banana republic, China, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, India, Permaculture, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:02 am | 10 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/16/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 114 Comments »
The Rise of Private Cops: How Not to Tackle Homelessness
Why a story on the abuse of private power, here a security guard beating up the homeless on public property, does not go far enough.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Media watch, Real estate, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 7 Comments »
Links 8/16/2023
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 197 Comments »
Scientism as a Non-Solution to a Problem that Should Not Exist vs. Science as a Solution to a Problem that Must Be Fixed
KLG continues his investigation of scientism by looking at two canard-infested areas: plastic recycling and industial food production.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Environment, Guest Post, Permaculture, Regulations and regulators, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:44 am | 31 Comments »
Quelle Surprise! High Fee “Alternative Investments” Produce Serious “Negative Alpha” as in Underperformance as Managers Get Rich
In his latest paper, investment expert Richard Ennis continues showing how alternative investments destroy value.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Hedge funds, Investment management, Private equity, Real estate, Ridiculously obvious scams, Risk and risk management
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:00 am | 3 Comments »
GE, Bayer, Blamed for Child’s Cancer in a Community Awash in PCB Pollution
Is PCB-induded health damage about to become a major litigation front?
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Legal, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:58 am | 10 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/15/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 72 Comments »
Michael Hudson: Debt, Sponsors of the Wars, Future of USD and BRICS
ichael Hudson on topics old and new: the role of debt in rentier extraction and US hegemony, and the prosepcts for the dollar and BRICS.
Topics: Africa, China, Currencies, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, India, Middle East, Payment system, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 11:14 am | 17 Comments »
Links 8/15/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 183 Comments »
Argentina Just Took a Step Closer to Dollarising Its Economy, And Away from the BRICS
There is a lot riding on the outcome of the upcoming general elections, not just economically but geopolitically, and not just for Argentina but across Latin America and perhaps even the globe.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 30 Comments »
How to Fix Monetary Policy in Advanced Countries
The monetary policy of major central banks in advanced economies have had negative consequences and thus need to be fixed.
Topics: Banking industry, Credit markets, Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:27 am | 14 Comments »
European Gas Price Spike Highlights Painful Exposure To Global Markets
A strike in Australia could reduce global LNG supplies by 10%. European energy security is not what it used to be.
Topics: Australia, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Europe, Globalization, Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:07 am | 10 Comments »
CDC’s HICPAC Prepares to Violate the Letter and Spirit of the Federal Advisory Committee Act at Its August 22 Anti-Mask Teleconference
HICPAC needs to stop operating like a closed, cozy club and comply with the law.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:55 pm | 10 Comments »