Michael Hudson and Patrick Bond: Will China resist financialization and lead the way on climate policy, or is it practicing capitalism lite?
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Saturday, December 27, 2025
Is China Socialist or State Capitalist? – Michael Hudson and Patrick Bond
Topics: Banking industry, China, Credit markets, Currencies, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:32 am | 33 Comments »
Our Neoliberal Economic System is Making Us Mentally Ill
The neoliberal economy was supposed to bring about a utopian world order. Instead, it produced psychological stress and social breakdown.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:33 am | 60 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/18/2022
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Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 145 Comments »
‘The World Paid the Price’: Biden’s Outgoing Covid Czar Jeffrey Zients Rebuked Over Failures
The Zients-led Covid response refused to challenge drug company overlords by promoting non-pharmaceutical interventions.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Pandemic, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 42 Comments »
Links 3/18/2022
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Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 165 Comments »
Parts of Spanish Economy Grind to a Halt After Five-Day Nationwide Truckers’ Strike
Like the Trudeau government, the Sánchez government blames the truckers’ strike on far-right elements while blaming Putin for record-high gas prices and decades-high inflation in Spain.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:46 am | 16 Comments »
The World Could See A Record-Breaking Oil Supply Shock
Unless the West blinks on Russian sanctions, high oil prices seem destined to go even higher.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Europe, Guest Post, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:00 am | 72 Comments »
How the Vehicle Production Nightmare Upended Everything and Why Automakers & Dealers Don’t Want the Old Ways Back
New vehicle sales show how Covid is working out very well for capitalists.
Topics: Auto industry, Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Income disparity, Pandemic
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:23 am | 61 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/17/2022
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Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 109 Comments »
The Worrying Murkiness of Institutional Biosafety Committees
Experts say institutional biosafety committees are a crucial to ensuring the safety of biomedical research. Critics say they are too opaque.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Health care, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams, Risk and risk management, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 9 Comments »
Links 3/17/2022
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Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 211 Comments »
John Helmer: “Zelensky Himself Is Now in Polish Hands;” March 15 Summit with Polish, Czech, and Slovenian Prime Ministers in Przemysl, Poland, Not Kiev
It appears Urkainian President Zelensky was not in Kiev on March 15 as widely reported, but in Poland….and presumably still is there.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:47 am | 192 Comments »
Progressives Fall for Crypto-Bros Intelligence-Insulting Claim of “Inclusiveness”
Why do so many people who think of themselves as smart have their brains go to mush when the topic is crypto?
Topics: Banana republic, Banking industry, Free markets and their discontents, Payment system, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:02 am | 59 Comments »
Is Joe Manchin Lucy or the Football?
Why Joe Manchin is merely a convenient excuse for what is wrong with Democrats and soi disant progressives.
Topics: Commodities, Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:25 am | 27 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/16/2022/
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Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 152 Comments »


