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Thursday, October 10, 2024
Replacing Kamala Harris
Topics: Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:06 am | 110 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/12/2023
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Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 89 Comments »
Big Meat and Dairy Delegates Triple at COP28
Big Ag fights back at COP28
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Guest Post, Permaculture, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 10:00 am | 12 Comments »
Links 12/12/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 206 Comments »
Google Loses on Every Count in Play Store Antitrust Suit by Epic Games
Google has suffered a major blow to its Play apps store model if this new ruling survives appeal. A Federal jury returned what the Washington Post deemed to be a verdict against Google on all counts, after mere hours of deliberation. A link to the verdict form 1. Readers may recall, at a 50,000 foot […]
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Legal, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:52 am | 21 Comments »
Amid Mushrooming Wars and Other Global Crises, the WEF’s Corporate Takeover of the UN Continues Apace
The multistakeholder model being embraced by the UN gives corporations even more power over society, the economy and the environment, at the expense of national democratic institutions.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 29 Comments »
Russia and Gaza: “One War, One Election At a Time” – One Step Forward for National Liberation, Two Steps Back
More from John Helmer on how Russia is navigating the fraught political situation in the Middle East.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:56 am | 13 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/11/2023
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Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 70 Comments »
Links 12/11/2023
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 158 Comments »
Is China’s Economy Collapsing? Economic War! Michael Hudson & Richard D. Wolff
A wide-ranging talk, using Western bashing of China’s economy as a point of departure.
Topics: Banking industry, China, Corporate governance, Credit markets, Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics, Real estate
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:50 am | 22 Comments »
What Is the US up to in Azerbaijan?
US pressure campaign comes as Baku increasingly plays key role at Caucasus crossroads. Assistant Secretary of State says Russian and Iranian involvement in region is “unstable and undesirable.”
Topics: Energy markets, Europe, Guest Post, Infrastructure, Middle East, Russia
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 8 Comments »
Free Expression and Self-Censorship on Campus
Can US campus officials hold on to their thin pretense of intellectual independence in light of escalating censorship demands?
Topics: Guest Post, Media watch, Middle East, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:26 am | 21 Comments »
Could Two Working-Class Candidates Return Nebraska and West Virginia to Their Roots?
Themes once familiar to Nebraska and West Virginia voters in the heyday of progressive populism are making a comeback.
Topics: Corporate governance, Free markets and their discontents, Politics, Social policy
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 6 Comments »
Links 12/10/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 137 Comments »
Why Does Germany Continue to Self-Destruct?
German elites run up the tab, but the country’s working class is largely stuck with the bill. An attempt to understand why Germany cannot or will not reverse course.
Topics: Auto industry, China, Energy markets, Europe, Globalization, Income disparity, Politics, Privatization, Russia, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 126 Comments »