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Tuesday, December 23, 2025
The Ancient Art of Adding Insult to Injury
Topics: Guest Post, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:13 am | 20 Comments »
As Big Pharma and Hospitals Battle Over Drug Discounts, Patients Miss Out on Millions in Benefits
Another ugly feature of drug company grifting: fighting to deny discounts to hospital pharmacies, as required by law.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:10 am | 4 Comments »
Bravo! Met Our Sixth Goal, On to Our Seventh: More Original Reporting
Help fund what we most like to do, but find hardest to get to: original reporting.
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 10:06 pm | 3 Comments »
Waste Watch: Fast Fashion Discards Pile Up in the Global South
The Glasgow COP26 talks have wound down with little to show, and scant progress in areas such as food, plastics, and fashion that also contribute to our global problems.
Topics: Africa, Environment, Global warming, Globalization, India, Politics
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 5:25 pm | 25 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/15/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 195 Comments »
Links 11/15/2021
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 153 Comments »
Employers Still in Denial About the New Normal of Fed-Up Low Wage Workers
Who’d have thunk it? Beating the workers not only does not improve morale, it is leading them not to turn up at all.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Free markets and their discontents, Income disparity, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 138 Comments »
Thomas Neuburger: At This Place, In This Time, All Mankind Is Us
“Let us do something, while we have the chance,” such as find a teeny bit of time to support Naked Capitalism.
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:14 am | 9 Comments »
Announcing the 2021 Fabulous Four “Double Your Donations” Challenge
Four anonymous donors are making a big reader challenge! Will you take them up on it?
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:13 am | 7 Comments »
‘Infuriating’ Report Reveals ‘Breathtaking Cover-Up’ of US Airstrike That Killed Syrian Civilians
“This NYT report on the cover-up of U.S. war crimes in Syria should make your blood boil. The U.S. wantonly kills civilians, covers it up, and then tells other countries how ‘democracy’ works.”
Topics: Banana republic, Middle East, Politics, Social values
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 5:55 am | 27 Comments »
We Need Far More Radical Thinking Than Any COP26 Deal To Save the Planet
Recognizing that COP26 is not remotely ambitious enough is a step in the right direction. But it is still only a small step.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Pandemic, Politics, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:52 am | 10 Comments »
Hooray! Met Our Fifth Goal, and on to the Sixth: Expanding Our Reach
We’re on to our new goal: getting our name out.
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:50 pm | 7 Comments »
Links 11/14/2021
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 210 Comments »
Naked Capitalism: A Personal Legacy
Long-standing reader ChiGal describes how Naked Capitalism demonstrates that there is yet a flicker of humanity in the land.
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:15 am | 24 Comments »
Nurses Don’t Want to Be Hailed as ‘Heroes’ During a Pandemic – They Want More Resources and Support
The public and health care organizations can help nurses now by increasing access to mental health support and providing adequate resources, safe working conditions and organizational transparency.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Pandemic, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 5:55 am | 11 Comments »


