OPEC is squabbling again. Will the factions settle their hash?
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Buyers’ Strike? Mortgage Applications Drop 8% Below 2019, as Home Buyers Get Second Thoughts about “Raging Mania”
Falling mortgage applications and rising home inventories signal a coming housing market pullback.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/7/2021
Patient readers, sorry to be a bit late; I got caught up in the Nikole Hannah-Jones saga,
Far More Adults Don’t Want Children Than Previously Thought
Probling why more people arent interested in having children.
A Quick Comment on China Stomping on Chinese Stock Listings in the US
Another big and costly dustup over Chinese listings in the US. But now Chinese officials signal they want broad-scale change.
Aducanumab Approval, Part 2: Dirty Drug Dealings
Yves here. We’re doing a bit of catchup by featuring some significant stories that were still crowded out a bit due to the competing news plus the Fourth of July tuneout. One is on the super dodgy approval of the big ticket, very dubious effectiveness Alzheimer’s drug Aducanumab. And “big ticket” is no understatement; the […]
An Independence Day Reflection: How the Rich Plan to Rule a Burning World
How do the rich intend to carry on as general conditions deteriorate?
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/6/2021
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Yanis Varoufakis: Techno-Feudalism Is Taking Over
Varoufakis describes techno-feudalism and speculates on where it is going.
A Worrying Trend Emerges in South America, As Right-Wing Populists Take A Leaf Out of Trump and Netanyahu’s Playbook
If the elected leaders of long-established democracies like the US and Israel can question the workings of their electoral system, why can’t others of less-established ones?
Why Does Israel Confuse Peace with Surrender?
Offensive military strategies and deliberate use of disproportionate violence against civilians are a core part of Israel policies
The UK Is Running a Dangerous Covid Experiment That Represents a Threat to the Rest of the World
The Covid infection rates in the UK, despite higher vaccination rates than America, are a danger in and of itself and a warning to the US.
Democrats Prepare to Privatize Medicare, Using Medicare Advantage as Their Opening Wedge (and New York Unions?)
The Democrat plan to privatize Medicare by expanding the private, for-profit Medicare Advantage program
