Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Nuclear Fusion: Don’t Believe the Hype!
It is yet another attempt by those who believe that only a mega-scaled, technology-intensive approach can be a viable alternative to our current fossil fuel-dependent energy infrastructure.
List Processing: Why We Never Have to Read End-of-Year Lists Again (But Why not Make Some?)
A close reading of “End of Year” lists.
Wives Listen but Husbands Don’t
There are significant gender differences in how economic information diffuses within the household.
FTX’s Collapse Mirrors an Infamous 18th Century British Financial Scandal
Perilous little is novel in finance, particularly scams like FTX.
War Of The Worlds Begins In Your Neighborhood “Because — German Chancellor Merkel Has Just Declared — Russia Was Never Pacified”
It can’t be said often enough how much damage Merkel did by using Minsk as a clever ploy to hurt Russia and worse now admitting to it.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/30/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Happy New Year! ~
The US and China Are in a War “for Peru’s Soul”, Says Mexican Geopolitical Analyst
“We are seeing a surreptitious clash, a war that no one dares name, between China and the United States for Peru’s soul.”
The 2022 Globie: Money and Empire – Perry Mehrling on Charles Kindleberger
Perry Merhling’s recent book on Charles Kindleberger finds he had prescient beliefs about the need for a prudent international money minder.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/29/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Twitter and the CIA (Twitter Files 8–10)
Yves here. The Twitter Files disclosures continue at an impressive clip, increasingly focusing on the close involvement of Federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies in curtailing and blocking Administration/Democrat-threatening lines of thought, such as interest in the Hunter Biden laptop or hostility to vaccine mandates. These revelations are as significant as the Pentagon Papers, yet […]
