Mark Ames: Why Finance Is Too Important to Leave to Larry Summers
Mark Ames’ biting classic is a reminder that Larry Summers, like so many prominent economists, has become too big to fail.
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Kudos! Met Our Fifth Goal, and on to the Sixth: Expanding Our Reach
In this hostile media environment, getting the word out about Naked Capitalism is ever more important! Please help fund promoting the site!
Read more...Announcing Our New Small Donation “Double Your Donations” Challenge
Two readers have teamed up to turbocharge small donations!
Read more...Is US Policy Saving the Dollar or Destroying It?
How the global economy is being restructured, in no small measure due to inept, self-destructive policy moves that undermine dollar use in trade.
Read more...Compost Co-Op: Recycling the Discarded
Greenfield, Massachusetts’s Compost Co-op gives ex-inmates a living wage through meaningful work.
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How Naked Capitalism helps you rise above the sterile wastelands of the mainstream media.
Read more...The First Year of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Is Mired in Red Tape
How Georgia’s Medicaid work rules are operating as planned.
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Can We Afford the Welfare State?
Unpacking why the obstacle to preserving the welfare state is not national income or demographics but rentiers increasing their take.
Read more...Rajiv Sethi: On Models, Markets, and Disagreement
A look at prediction market reactions to the Harris-Trump debate, and why they need to be taken with at least a bit of salt.
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How Naked Capitalism is doing the work virtually no other site does and also provides a refuge for independent thinkers.
Read more...Announcing a Second 2024 “Double Your Donations” Challenge!
A new donor steps up with a “Double Your Donations” challenge! Make this fundraiser a big success by taking advantage of it!
Read more...Kentucky Retirement Systems Plaintiffs Battle With Yet More Efforts by KKR and Blackstone to Delay or Prevent Discovery
An update on the long-running Kentucky Retirement Systems pension case, with KKR and Blackstone and their execs still fighting discovery
Read more...Putin Calls for Sanctions Revenge, Threatens to Cap Uranium Exports
Russia is considering restricting commodities exports such as uranium to what it has called “unfriendly” countries.
Read more...The Rev Kev: And Now for Something Completely Different
Some celebrities make special guest appearances to urge you to donate generously to Naked Capitalism.
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