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Friday, January 16, 2026
Is Labour Purging the Left? Inside the Party’s Embattled Selection Process
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Privatization, Social values, The destruction of the middle class, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 29 Comments »
Links 4/20/2023
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 202 Comments »
Leaks Reveal Reality Behind U.S. Propaganda in Ukraine
While lying to the public is routine, the Pentagon leaks show officials have been selling fabrications about how Ukraine is faring.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 78 Comments »
Hoisted From Comments: “A Tale of Two Sciences”
Pontius Pilate asked, “What is truth?” Time to ask “What is science?” since our market system creates sciences that aren’t very scientific.
Topics: Banana republic, Global warming, Guest Post, Permaculture, Ridiculously obvious scams, Science and the scientific method, Social policy, Social values, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:15 am | 35 Comments »
Vzglyad – “It’s Time for Russia to Change Its Position in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict”
As fallout from movement in geopolitical tectonic plates, Russia may be close to revisings its stance towards Israel and Palestine.
Topics: Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:00 am | 10 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/19/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 114 Comments »
Banks Try to Make Security Customer-Friendly. Not a Good Mix.
Retail bank security ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Topics: Banking industry, Payment system, Surveillance state
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 41 Comments »
Links 4/19/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:59 am | 212 Comments »
The Who and Why Behind the Push to Gut Child Labor Laws
“The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work.” — Lewis Hine, 1908
Topics: Banana republic, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Legal, Market inefficiencies, Pandemic, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:54 am | 30 Comments »
The Presidential Campaign of Convict 9653
Eugene Debs, the socialist who ran for President despite being a convict times two, is again in the spotlight.
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Media watch, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:30 am | 10 Comments »
The Hidden Costs Of The Renewables Boom
Why renewables are not a free lunch.
Topics: Commodities, Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Energy markets, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:56 am | 23 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/18/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 108 Comments »
Links 4/18/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 101 Comments »
Mining Corporations Are Up in Arms Over Mexican Government’s Potentially Game-Changing Mining Reform Proposals
Mexico’s government already faces the threat of international dispute settlements over its energy reforms and proposed ban of GM corn. It now wants to radically change the rules of the game for its huge mining sector.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:46 am | 31 Comments »
A Debt Crisis Looming in the Global South?
Martin Guzman explains the role of power in sovereign debt crises and restructurings.
Topics: Africa, China, Commodities, Currencies, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Pandemic, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:10 am | 13 Comments »



