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2:00PM Water Cooler 9/8/2022
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 131 Comments »
Tiny Algae Could Help Fix Concrete’s Dirty Little Climate Secret – 4 Innovative Ways to Clean Up This Notoriously Hard to Decarbonize Industry
Some possible ways to make concrete less of an environmental problem.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Real estate
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 19 Comments »
Links 9/8/2022
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 220 Comments »
Announcing the Dynamic Duo “Double Your Donations” Challenge!
Two generous readers are making a fundaiser challenge! Be fast off your marks to take it up.
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:33 am | 11 Comments »
Gorbachev Paved Way for Oligarchs – Aleksandr Buzgalin
By opposing deep democratic reforms from below, Gorbachev laid the groundwork for privatization and the looting of the 1990s.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Politics, Privatization, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:29 am | 17 Comments »
Chokepoint Capitalism Strangles Us All
Capitalism works in insidiuous ways.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:43 am | 26 Comments »
In Response to Court Order, Kentucky Retirement Systems Releases 2,256 Page, Yet Incomplete, Investigation into Hedge Fund Shenanigans
Kentucky Retirement Systems is still in the whitewash business.
Topics: Banana republic, Hedge funds, Investment management, Legal, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:19 am | 6 Comments »
7 Reasons Why Naked Capitalism Deserves Your Money
I, like you, owe this wonderful website a big debt of gratitude. So please do your part by making an generous donation to Naked Capitalism.
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 5:00 am | 1 Comment »
Hooray! Met Our Second Target Handily! On to the Third: Continuing Expanded News Coverage and Maybe Meetups
Please suppprt your daily news fix, most importantly all our juicy daily links!
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:08 am | 7 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/7/2022
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Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 48 Comments »
The US Army Special Operations Command Weaponizes Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Telegram
Since the Army gets very little bang for its buck, presumably by design, why should its social media campaigns be any better?
Topics: Guest Post, Media watch, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 13 Comments »
Links 9/7/2022
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:58 am | 166 Comments »
NATO, Russia, Energy Put Balkans on Edge
This is Naked Capitalism fundraising week. 337 donors have already invested in our efforts to combat corruption and predatory conduct, particularly in the financial realm. Please join us and participate via our donation page, which shows how to give via check, credit card, debit card, or PayPal. Read about why we’re doing this fundraiser, what […]
Topics: China, Energy markets, Europe, Guest Post, Politics, Russia
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:50 am | 21 Comments »
Michael Hudson: Naked Capitalism – Your and My Informational Necessity
Four reasons why Naked Capitalism is indispensable.
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:00 am | 10 Comments »
“Lehman Event” Looms For Europe As Energy Companies Face $1.5 Trillion in Margin Calls
Why energy price spikes are threatening the financial system. And any derivatives bailout will take prescedence over businesses and housholds.
Topics: Derivatives, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Market inefficiencies, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:59 am | 34 Comments »


