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Monday, December 29, 2025
Links 6/4/2022
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 297 Comments »
Our Country Is Trading Children’s Lives for Guns
Gun culture is fed by gun-makers and the gun lobby, the right-wing media and Hollywood. Our children are paying the price.
Topics: Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:37 am | 58 Comments »
Biden Kowtows To Saudi Arabia
A scheduled Biden in-person meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is a sign of desperation.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:20 am | 20 Comments »
A Small Win Out of Our Post on CalPERS’ Covid Regulation-Breaking and (Yet Again) Fibbing
Our warning about a big Covid outbreak at CalPERS may not have produced any changs there, but it did lead other state agencies to shape up.
Topics: CalPERS, Media watch, Pandemic, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:07 am | 6 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/3/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 104 Comments »
The War Situation Has Developed Not Necessarily to Ukraine’s or the West’s Advantage But They Plan to Negotiate When They’ve Turned Things Around a Bit
Looking at the presently insurmountable gap between the West’s probable bid and Russia’s ask to settle the militiary and economic wars.
Topics: Currencies, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Europe, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 118 Comments »
Links 6/3/2022
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 171 Comments »
Blame Game Begins As Chaos Reigns At Airports in UK (and Other Parts of Europe)
Neither airports nor airlines in the UK have restored enough capacity into their operations to handle the predictable surge in passenger numbers as the skies reopen.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:46 am | 23 Comments »
Michael Hudson on the Coming Global Fracture as Economic Orders Clash
How our current “clash of civilizations” is a war between economic models.
Topics: Banking industry, China, Currencies, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Income disparity, Politics, Russia, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:16 am | 76 Comments »
Suddenly Here Comes the Inventory: Homes Listed for Sale Jump Amid Price Reductions and Sagging Sales
In most US markets, there are more homes waiting to be sold than last year, How long will it take for overhang to lead to lower prices?
Topics: Credit markets, Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Investment outlook, Real estate
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:34 am | 15 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/2/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 115 Comments »
Can the Royal Family Cling on Much Longer?
Does the royal family have much shelf life after Elizabeth II?
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 76 Comments »
Links 6/2/2022
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 176 Comments »
The Only Possible Solution to School Shootings (and You Can Get It Here)
Turning to a tried and true protection against shootings…..
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Legal, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:10 am | 91 Comments »
The Oil Industry’s Downstream Nightmare Is Here To Stay
Another oil and gas crisis problem: inadequate refinery capacity.
Topics: Commodities, Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:06 am | 23 Comments »



