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Thursday, October 10, 2024
Huge Capital Investment Required for U.S. Electric Industry’s Decarbonization
Topics: Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Infrastructure, Investment outlook, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:16 am | 42 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/27/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 70 Comments »
Links 12/27/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 152 Comments »
Europe’s Bad China Bluff
A show of Europe’s leaders eyepoking China to try to shift blame for their policy failings.
Topics: China, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:15 am | 34 Comments »
Book Review: Antony Loewenstein, “The Palestine Laboratory”
Does Israel-Palestine’s present provide a glimpse of a wider future?
Topics: Corporate governance, Middle East, Surveillance state
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 23 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/26/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 88 Comments »
Selfishness Cannot Be the Basis of Society
A stereotypical case of an economist putting market concepts over society….worse in family relations.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Social policy, Social values, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:01 am | 60 Comments »
Links 12/26/2023
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:58 am | 129 Comments »
Honey Trap for Israelis and Americans in the Red Sea
John Helmer provides new intel on Red Sea machinations of various players in response to Houthi action against sea trade with Israel.
Topics: China, Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:15 am | 23 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler Christmas Day 2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 32 Comments »
Links 12/25/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 48 Comments »
Book Review: Sally Denton and Roger Morris, “The Money and the Power”
Examining the moments and people that helped fuse the US state, economy, and organized crime into one indistinguishable entity.
Topics: Banking industry, Corporate governance, Free markets and their discontents, Income disparity, Market inefficiencies, Politics, Social policy, Social values, Surveillance state, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 31 Comments »
Five Christmas Fashion Trends We Should Bring Back – And May Be Found in Your Wardrobe Already
A lecturer in design and cultural theory provides environmentally friendly fashion advice for the holidays.
Topics: Curiousities, Environment, Guest Post
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 17 Comments »
Links 12/24/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 138 Comments »
Russian Trade Corridors Flourish Under Western Sanctions
A look at Russia’s maritime trade corridors as Western efforts to isolate Moscow continue to backfire in spectacular fashion.
Topics: China, Energy markets, Europe, India, Infrastructure, Middle East, Russia
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 93 Comments »