Satyajit Das’ final post on where the world order is headed.
Monday, January 12, 2026
The Growing Chorus for Peace in Ukraine
It has now become barely acceptable to say it might be a good idea to seek an end to the Ukraine war.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/27/2022
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Offloading Climate Responsibility on the Emerging Economy Victims of Climate Change
Climate equity is further complicating fossil fuel reduction plans, with poor countries arguing that the demands made for them are too high.
Satyajit Das: A Disordered World – Part 2: Susceptibilities
Satyajit Das continues his tour of the breakup of the world order, here focusing on financial/economic dislocations and dysfunctional elites
Slouching Towards Reverse Colonialism
How sanctions against Russia are achieving the polar opposite of what colonialism was all about: controlling and exploiting resources.
The Oil Industry’s Message to You
Big oil has some mighty pretty commercials.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/26/2022
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Sunak Has Been Set Up To Fail and the Likelihood Is That He Will
Rishi Sunak has a Mission Impossible even before getting to his bad impulses. Most countries in the West face the same long list of problems
Virtue Hoarders: The Case Against the Professional Managerial Class – An Essay-Review in Memory of Barbara Ehrenreich, 1941-2022
A takedown of the pretenses of the professional managerial class.
Satyajit Das: A Disordered World – Part 1: Fracture
Satyajit Das provides a multi-facted overview of how key world structures are breaking as the US fights to preseve its imperial hold.
Energy Loss Is Single Biggest Component of Today’s Electricity System
A comparison of efficiency of electrical sources shows renewables come out markedly ahead.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/25/2022
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