Green energy investment goes wobbly….again.
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Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Sustainable Investment Stumbles on Uncertain Pace of Energy Transition
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Investment outlook, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:15 am | 1 Comment »
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Are You Not Entertained?
We have entered an era in which warfare has departed from the conventional (Clausewitzian) concept of attaining clear objectives. Instead, modern armed conflict is characterized by limited and generally inconclusive military clashes motivated by factors disconnected from the practical concerns of the affected citizens. War has turned away from decisive conflict and embraced performative spectacle. […]
Topics: Coffee Break
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 2:00 pm | 28 Comments »
The Latest Trouble In Russian-Azerbaijani Relations Might Be Part Of A Turkish-US Powerplay
A look at how Turkish and US interests benefit from recent upset in the relations between Russia and Azerbainan.
Topics: Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Russia, Turkey
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:44 am | 14 Comments »
Links 7/1/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 135 Comments »
Is Washington Trying to Provoke a Full-Blown Banking Crisis in Mexico?
This time round, it wouldn’t be just US banks that would be heavily exposed to the resulting fallout; so, too, would European lenders.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 12 Comments »
CalPERS Retiree Group Launches GoFundMe for Investigation on Private Equity Fees
CalPERS retirees are raising funds to have a big go at private equity fee secrecy. Please chip in if you are a California taxpayer!
Topics: CalPERS, Dubious statistics, Investment management, Politics, Private equity, Ridiculously obvious scams, Risk and risk management
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:55 am | 3 Comments »
“Ex-CISA Official Warns: We’ve Gutted Cybersecurity—A Gift to Iran, China and Russia”
Cybersecurity expert Dr. David Mussington, explains why the clock is ticking on U.S. vulnerabilities under Trump.
Topics: China, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Russia, Surveillance state, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:05 am | 26 Comments »
Coffee Break: OpenAI as The Money Pit
OpenAI’s fatally flawed finances reveal a company that presents no serious threat to any of the tech incumbents, including Google.
Topics: Coffee Break, Guest Post, Technology and innovation
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 2:00 pm | 67 Comments »
Reverse Lysistrata: More on Men Cooling on Dating, Sex and the Role of Societal Denigration
More on how young men are having a hard time finding dates and romantic partners, and why this matters.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 186 Comments »
Links 6/30/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 149 Comments »
Can Unions Really ‘Lead the Resistance to Authoritarianism?’
Probably not in their current form, but there’s a counterintuitive argument that we should be cheering for the Supreme Court to dismantle the National Labor Relations Board in order to revitalize labor.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Income disparity, Legal, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 17 Comments »
Cow Most Sacred
Why military spending remains untouchable.
Topics: Guest Post, Market inefficiencies, Moral hazard, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy, Social values, Surveillance state
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 9 Comments »
Take Advantage of These Tax Credits Before Congress Kills Them
An alert: some energy efficiency tax credits are about to be terminated. See if you want to avail yourself of them while you can.
Topics: Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics, Taxes
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:14 am | 9 Comments »
Links 6/29/2025
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 158 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears (1980) Run Time: 2 H 28 M
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears is a movie about three young Russian women and the different paths their lives take as they mature.
Topics: Guest Post, Sunday morning Antidote movie
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 5 Comments »