Yapping dog Estonia is out to take the lead among NATO members not only in arms spending to GDP but also in open corruption.
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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
MAGA Is a NATO Racket – Trump’s 5% Military Budget Hike to Fight Russia Stokes Corruption In Estonia
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Guest Post, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 10 Comments »
Links 11/14/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 144 Comments »
Even Washington’s European Vassal States Are Now Denouncing Trump’s Extrajudicial Killings on the High Seas
The Trump administration’s war (of pretext) against Latin America’s drug cartels is further isolating the US on the world stage.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 20 Comments »
More and More Young People Disengaged from Work and Social Contact
Unemployment among young graduates has hit a sustained high level in many countries, which will produce further social and economic harm.
Topics: China, Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Health care, Income disparity, Politics, Social values, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:02 am | 41 Comments »
Ever Be Escalating: A Short History of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump
The twisted history of the US war on drugs shows how failed policies come to have a life of their own.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:33 am | 7 Comments »
Venezuela Symbolizes for the U.S. What Palestine Does for Israel
The ideological currents behind U.S. aggression against Venezuela and Israel’s war on Palestine are the same: Yoram Hazony’s neo-nationalism
Topics: Coffee Break, Politics, Social values
Posted by Curro Jimenez at 2:00 pm | 21 Comments »
Paying for Euroskepticism
A new data analysis shows that Euroskepticism, as in regional voting for nationalist/anti-European Union policies, produces lower growth.
Topics: Europe, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 19 Comments »
Links 11/13/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 130 Comments »
Has Ed Zitron Found the Fatal Flaw with OpenAI and Its Flagship ChatGPT?
The Financial Times has re-reported cautious but devastating-looking findings by Ed Zitron on OpenAI’s inference costs and truthfulness.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Investment outlook, Media watch, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:09 am | 76 Comments »
Tom Ferguson and Nick French: Red Tech’s Political Power, Its War on Labor and the Environment
An in-depth talk between political scientist Tom Ferguson and Jacobin’s Nick French about recent big shifts, above all the rise of red tech.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Environment, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Private equity, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:32 am | 4 Comments »
What the Air You Breathe May Be Doing to Your Brain
Why it behooves you to care about air quality, specifically PM2.5 pollution.
Topics: Environment, Guest Post, Health care, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:36 am | 23 Comments »
Coffee Break: Senate Dems Throw Teetering Trump a Lifeline
Senate Democrats threw a teetering Trump administration a lifeline by folding on the U.S. government shutdown. Let’s parse the kayfabe.
Topics: Coffee Break
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 2:00 pm | 60 Comments »
‘An Indictment of the Trade Union Movement’: Why No One is Organising Seasonal Workers
Farm workers go on unofficial strikes as their temporary visas create barriers to union membership
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 4 Comments »
Links 11/12/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 151 Comments »
The Trans-Caspian Pipeline Is Resurrected as the U.S. Plots a Return to Central Asia
The Turkish Trojan Horse pressures Russia and Iran on new fronts, but China holds dominant position.
Topics: China, Energy markets, Europe, Russia, Turkey
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 13 Comments »



