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Saturday, October 12, 2024
Links 9/23/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 209 Comments »
Poland Hinted That Germany Is To Blame For Its Dispute With Ukraine
More discussion of the Poland-Ukraine dustup, which has major implications for the war.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:58 am | 50 Comments »
Artificial Intelligence: Profit Versus Freedom
It isn’t AI displace jobs. That’s the result of capitalists giving priority to profits, versus say product or workplace improvement.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Surveillance state, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:44 am | 23 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/22/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 59 Comments »
Hot Temperatures: A New Player in Housing Markets
Identifying a new source of climate change housing price risk: heat, as in too much.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Global warming, Guest Post, Real estate
Posted by Yves Smith at 10:08 am | 18 Comments »
Links 9/22/2023
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 151 Comments »
The Coming Ukraine Collapse and the “Rebuilding” Headfake
The hyping of Ukraine rebuilding is at least as delusional as the earlier war talk.
Topics: Banking industry, Currencies, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Infrastructure, Investment management, Media watch, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 89 Comments »
A Valuable Lesson from Mexico: AMLO Government Cancels Extortionate Public-Private Partnerships for 9 Public Hospitals
This will probably not have gone down well with the World Economic Forum, which prides itself on being “the international organization for public private cooperation.”
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 12 Comments »
Will ‘Poor Man’s Cocaine’ Fuel the Next U.S. Drug Crisis?
The cheap and highly addictive cocaine-like stimulant Captagon shows signs of following in the opioid fentanyl’s footsteps.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Regulations and regulators, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:52 am | 22 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/21/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 67 Comments »
Doing the Marriage Thing Again
Even though bringing up kids with two parents is generally better than one, the analyses nvestigating the pro-marriage hypothesis are lousy.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Income disparity, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 10:49 am | 41 Comments »
Links 9/21/2023
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 175 Comments »
Poland & Ukraine Have Plunged Into A Full-Blown Political Crisis With No End In Sight
Ukraine and its one-time enthusiastic backer Poland are in an escalating row, due at least in part to the need to play domestic politics.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:45 am | 63 Comments »
When Authorities Believe Their Citizens Will Become Dangerous…
Ordinary citizens are not worried enough about the prospect that the police/surveillance state will be used against them.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Global warming, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Surveillance state, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:40 am | 37 Comments »
Some States Fighting Medicare Plan to Require Minimum Staffing in Nursing Homes
Sadly, there is pushback against a proposed Medicare rule to assure (barely) adequate staffing in nursing homes. Please comment in favor!
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:35 am | 5 Comments »