The Trump tariffs mess in the wake of his 6-3 Supreme Court loss on his misuse of “emergency” authority is even worse than you might imagine.
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Sunday, June 14, 2026
Trump Doubling Down on Tariffs After SCOTUS Nixing Sweeping “Emergency” Abuse: Bad for Businesses, Economy, and Trump
Topics: China, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Federal Reserve, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Legal, Politics, Taxes, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 24 Comments »
India Exchanges BRICS Ties for Lead Role in the American AI Cage
New Delhi sells out Russia and its own working class as part of India-Middle East-Europe [digital] Corridor that aims to fortify a new American-Israeli hegemony..
Topics: Energy markets, Europe, India, Russia, Social policy, Social values, Surveillance state, Technology and innovation
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 27 Comments »
Bibi Put Israel’s Partners in an Awkward Position With His Description of the “Hexagon”
Another demonstration of Israel’s extreme sense of entitlement and intent to become a regional hegemon.
Topics: Guest Post, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:47 am | 22 Comments »
Links 2/22/2026
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 148 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Andrei Rublev (1966) Run Time: 3H 2M plus bonus documentary
Andrei Rublev is a film about art and life in medieval Russia.
Topics: Guest Post, Sunday morning Antidote movie
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 8 Comments »
Do You Trust Epstein Elite With Nuclear Weapons?
No arms limitation treaties, few diplomatic channels, AI integration into nuclear command systems, and an elite with Epstein social values. What could go wrong?
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social values
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 21 Comments »
Links 2/21/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 150 Comments »
Rob Urie: No Exit – How Obama’s Bank Bailouts Produced Trump
Profiling the Democratic Party’s doom loop, starting with the Obama “get out of jail free” cards to financiers after the crisis.
Topics: Banking industry, Credit markets, Doomsday scenarios, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Regulations and regulators, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 49 Comments »
Michael Hudson: Destiny of Civilization – Financialization & Collapse
Michael Hudson explains how industrial capitalism was radical in aiming to free economies and markets from rent-seeking and financialization.
Topics: Banking industry, Credit markets, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Real estate, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:30 am | 10 Comments »
Coffee Break: Landscape, Immigration, mRNA Vaccines, and a Safe Football Helmet
Part the First: What is Landscape? I have heard of John Stilgoe but have never gotten around to reading his work. That will change as soon as possible. His book What is Landscape? is described in the MIT Press newsletter in a series of questions, the first being: You place enormous weight on etymology and […]
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by KLG at 2:00 pm | 21 Comments »
AI Chatbots Attacks May End the Internet as We Know It
Recently, openDemocracy’s website was brought down by an army of bots, just like Naked Capitalism and other publishers.
Topics: Guest Post, Media watch, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 35 Comments »
Links 2/20/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 128 Comments »
“Think of the Children”: The Big Lie Used to Justify the End of Internet Freedom
The Epstein scandal, Gaza genocide and 50 years of neoliberalism have shown beyond doubt that our” mis-leadership” class don’t give a flying fig about “the children”.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 14 Comments »
Private Equity Is Coming for Your 401(k)
Private equity has its greedy eyes on a huge pot of money: 401(k) funds and their big ecosystem of service providers.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Investment management, Private equity, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:12 am | 7 Comments »
Iran Crisis Exposes the Impotence of America’s Neoliberal War Machine
How the porky US military machine is also stretched thin, and what that implies for an Iran conflict.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:48 am | 40 Comments »



