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Saturday, October 12, 2024
Links 10/8/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 181 Comments »
Palm Oil: The Ingredient Behind Human Rights Abuses and Eco-Destruction That’s Probably in Your Home Right Now
It’s not the oil palm plant that is the problem, but rather the way it’s grown.
Topics: Environment, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Globalization
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:50 am | 12 Comments »
Links 10/7/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:59 am | 255 Comments »
Michael Hudson: A BRICS+ Bank: How Would It Really Function?
Michael Hudson clears up some of the considerable confusion about what a new BRICS “currency” would amount to.
Topics: Banking industry, China, Currencies, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Russia, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:58 am | 19 Comments »
How U.S. Hospitals Undercut Public Health
The U.S. health care industry is one of the world’s worst polluters, causing many of the deaths it seeks to prevent.
Topics: Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Health care
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 15 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/6/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 86 Comments »
American Society Wasn’t Always So Car-Centric. Our Future Doesn’t Have To Be, Either.
The surprising history of the car in the U.S. offers hope for a shift toward more climate-friendly transportation options.
Topics: Auto industry, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Regulations and regulators, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 55 Comments »
Links 10/6/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 160 Comments »
First Peru, Now Ecuador: US Southern Command Escalates Its “War on Drugs” in South America
In 2009, Ecuadorians voted in a referendum to remove all US military presence from the country. Now, thanks to an agreement signed in the dying days of Guillermo Lasso’s scandal-tarnished government, US troops are coming back.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 15 Comments »
Rob Urie: Americans Are Unleashing Monsters They Have No Idea How to Contain
How Americans, or at least their putative leaders, are pursing policies that are deranged and increasingly authoritarian.
Topics: China, Doomsday scenarios, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Pandemic, Politics, Russia, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:45 am | 97 Comments »
Why Are Thousands of Kaiser Health Care Workers on Strike? 5 Questions Answered
An overview of the issues in and the magnitude of the strike at the Kaiser health system.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:03 am | 5 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/5/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 92 Comments »
Crisis Risks Looming, UK Edition
While a UK crisis is not yet brewing, there are plenty of worrisome developments that could keep moving in the wrong direction.
Topics: Banking industry, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Guest Post, Regulations and regulators, Risk and risk management
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:57 am | 23 Comments »
Links 10/5/2023
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 137 Comments »
More on Ukraine’s Desperate Economy
A recent report on conditions in Ukraine paints a more dire picture than your humble blogger had imagined, and I have an active imagination.
Topics: Currencies, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, Russia, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:30 am | 80 Comments »