Friday, July 11, 2025

UK Citizens Should Take Rishi Sunak’s Pledge Not to Launch Digital ID With a Truckload of Salt

“There are no plans to introduce digital ID. Our position on physical ID cards remains unchanged.” 

Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai on Dollar Imperialism

A deep dive on the development of the dollar system.

The EV Revolution Brings Environmental Uncertainty at Every Turn

As demand for electric vehicles ramps up, environmental stumbling blocks have emerged.

New, Buzzy Cochrane Study Sets the “Fools Gold” Standard for Anti-Maskers

Putting on my yellow waders for the Cochrane study,

2:00PM Water Cooler 2/27/2023

~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~

Links 2/27/2023

Can the Phillips Curve Explain Recent Wage Growth?

Contrary to what many have claimed, wage growth in the fourth quarter of 2022 was actually in line with what a standard Phillips curve model predicts.

Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Thirty-Two: Losses Top $33 Billion But Uber Has Avoided The Equity Collapse Most “Tech” Startups Experienced

An update on Uber financial fakery and continued lack of bona fide profits.

How Howard Schultz Made Starbucks the Poster Child of Corporate Abuse

Does Stabucks CEO Howard Schultz deserve the title of labor enemy #1?

Lever News Silences Workers’ Voices and Gets the Story Wrong in East Palestine Derailment Coverage

A close reading and media critique of Lever News’ East Palestine coverage.

Links 2/26/2023

People Got Used to Higher Prices and Are Outspending Even Raging Inflation. They Don’t Want This Thing to Land

Year-over-year growth in consumer spending, adjusted for inflation, outpaced the pre-pandemic average. Month-over-month, seasonally adjusted, growth spiked.

Links 2/25/2023

5 Reasons Why Much of the Global South Isn’t Automatically Supporting the West in Ukraine

The so-called Collective West and the rest of the world have a yawning gap in how they view the war in Ukraine.

Jim Chanos: The Golden Age of Fraud in Finance

Famed short seller Jim Chanos discusses the ever-rising role of fraud in the US financial system and his views of China.