Law students call out leading law firms for facilitating policies that promote fossil fuel clients and exacerbate climate change.
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Top Law Firms Called Out for Serving Fossil Fuel Industry Clients in New Climate ‘Scorecard’
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Legal, Politics
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 4:55 am | 6 Comments »
A Day in the Life of the Daily Links Post at Naked Capitalism
How we create your morning Links post.
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Lambert Strether at 11:55 am | 15 Comments »
Why Don’t We Study Countries That Have Had COVID-19 Success?
Hong Kong, Vietnam, Taiwan, and New Zealand have recorded low COVID-19 deaths. Why do we hear so little about the reeasons for their success?
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Free markets and their discontents, Health care, Pandemic, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 9:55 am | 86 Comments »
Links 10/4/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 270 Comments »
The Chamber Of Commerce Dems From The Republican Wing Of The Democratic Party Just Undercut Pelosi’s Pandemic Negotiations With Mnuchin
Various corporate interests are tossing around their weight on the latest pandemic stimlus package, pressing for it to be lean and mean.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Pandemic, Politics
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 5:55 am | 45 Comments »
Mark Ames: Why Finance Is Too Important to Leave to Larry Summers
A reprise of Mark Ames’ biting fundraiser classic.
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 11:07 am | 12 Comments »
Links 10/3/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 265 Comments »
How Three Prior Pandemics Triggered Massive Societal Shifts
Some past pandemics ushered in massive changes….but only with massive death levels. So can the powers that be rest easy with Covid?
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Income disparity, Pandemic, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:36 am | 41 Comments »
“Why I’m Voting for Donald Trump”
An illustration that some and perhaps many Trump voters don’t fit mainstream media stereotypes.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Health care, Pandemic, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:11 am | 212 Comments »
“I Need My Nake!”
Naked Capitalism is Arizona Slim’s antidote to MSM-induced brain damage.
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:26 pm | 7 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/2/2020
New keyboard, new attitude! Well, maybe not a new attitude…
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 141 Comments »
As of September 29, 2020, 5 Federal Courts Have Ruled Against the Postal Service
The Postal Service is getting whacked for service degradation that critics believe has a lot to do with upcoming voting by mail.
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Politics, Privatization, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 17 Comments »
Links 10/2/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 288 Comments »
How Corruption is Becoming America’s Operating System
A new book by Sarah Chayes shows the US descent into a level of corruption usually associated with places like Nigeria and Afghanistan
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:23 am | 72 Comments »
Brexit: Confrontation
The Brexit process is as ugly as ever.
Topics: Brexit, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Globalization, Legal, Politics, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:22 am | 59 Comments »