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Sunday, June 29, 2025
Links 5/29/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 176 Comments »
What Does Erdogan’s Reelection Mean for the New Cold War?
With nationalists empowered in parliament and the West all but certain to keep up the with-us-or-against-us pressure, Turkiye moving closer to the East appears more likely.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Europe, Middle East, Politics, Russia, Turkey
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:30 am | 18 Comments »
The Decline In Coal Appears To Have Been Exaggerated
Carbon reduction promises get thrown out the window as countries like the UK, Australia, and China embrace king coal.
Topics: Australia, China, Commodities, Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, UK
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 33 Comments »
Links 5/28/2023
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 166 Comments »
American Officials Erase US Role in Empowering Their New Number One Enemy China
American elites have magically forgotten they were the ones who moved US industry to China in order to make a buck.
Topics: China, Globalization, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:30 am | 77 Comments »
Denials of Health Insurance Claims Are Rising — And Getting Weirder
Americans continue to suffer due to the Obama administration’s failure to take on health insurers.
Topics: Banana republic, Health care, Regulations and regulators, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 28 Comments »
Links 5/27/2023
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 130 Comments »
Origins of Debt: Michael Hudson Reveals How Financial Oligarchies in Greece & Rome Shaped Our World
Michael Hudson explains how the treatment of debt winds up determing social structure.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:50 am | 26 Comments »
The Move Toward a Four-Day Workweek Obscures Low Pay
Yves here. Like author Sonali Kolhatkar, your humble blogger has been skeptical of a four day, or better yet, 32 hour workweek without an increase in worker compensation. By Sonali Kolhatkar, an award-winning multimedia journalist. She is the founder, host, and executive producer of “Rising Up With Sonali,” a weekly television and radio show that […]
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:35 am | 11 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/26/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 85 Comments »
Workers in the South Are Defying History with Union Wins
Union campaigns are scoring more successes in the South despite the high-profile defeat at the Amazon wareouse in Bessemer, Alabama
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 18 Comments »
Links 5/26/2023
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 102 Comments »
Why Are US Military Personnel Heading to Peru?
The ostensible goal of the operation is to provide “support and assistance to the Special Operations of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces and National Police of Peru,” including in regions recently engulfed in violence.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 19 Comments »
More American Cities Considering Free Public Transportation
In fits and starts, the idea of free public transportation is getting more of a following in the US.
Topics: Energy markets, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Guest Post, Income disparity, Infrastructure, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:15 am | 29 Comments »
The Expanding Role of Medicaid in US Health Care
Medicaid is more of a heavyweight than you might have realized.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:52 am | 20 Comments »