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Friday, November 21, 2025
Links 10/14/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 144 Comments »
War in Venezuela Could Be Another Vietnam, Warns Mexican Analyst Fernando Buen Abad
“The breakout of war in Venezuela could be a horror show for the entire continent. “
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:44 am | 26 Comments »
Economic Myths: Homo Economicus
Richard Murphy is starting to take part bad economic idea. This series may wind up having no ending.
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Market inefficiencies, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:34 am | 24 Comments »
The Rising Carbon Footprint of Electricity in the United States
On the policy of increasing electricity generation without decarbonization, as in increased reliance on gas.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:23 am | 17 Comments »
Coffee Break: Bad Jacketing Katie Porter
Last week, California gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter got the bad jacketing treatment after a snippy interview with CBS.
Topics: Coffee Break
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 2:00 pm | 32 Comments »
Looking to Türkiye For Clues About What’s Coming in Western Asia
US-Turkish-Israeli Axis remains intact and with Syria as takfiri staging ground aims to spread chaos to Lebanon, Iraq, and ultimately Iran.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Middle East, Turkey
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 9:55 am | 12 Comments »
Links 10/13/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 139 Comments »
Crypto Crash Leads to Customer Bail-Ins to Prevent Some Exchanges from Failing
Yet more reason to be leery of crypto: even when you have won on a leveraged bet, you can be haircut to help rescue the exchange.
Topics: Currencies, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:15 am | 35 Comments »
How Technology Shapes How We Move, Speak, and Think
Is technology expanding or contracting our horizons?
Topics: Social values, Surveillance state, Technology and innovation
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 6 Comments »
AI: Is it Really Different this Time?
AI is huge. But so is the hype, hocus-pocus deals, and piles of real money fortified by leverage that caused stock prices to explode.
Topics: Credit markets, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Guest Post, Investment outlook, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:43 am | 20 Comments »
Links 10/12/2025
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 122 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Moscow, My Love (1974) Run Time: 1H 29M
Moscow My Love is a bittersweet tale of love and loss set in Soviet Russia.
Topics: Guest Post, Sunday morning Antidote movie
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 13 Comments »
Venezuela’s Opposition Used UN Meeting to Lobby for US Coup
The so-called opposition, with a much-needed rebranding assist from the Nobel Committee, proposes total economic surrender to US oligarchic interests.
Topics: Privatization, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 27 Comments »
Links 10/11/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 141 Comments »
What Version of Democracy Will Prevail?
Speculation about the future of the endangered species known as democracy.
Topics: Guest Post, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:40 am | 50 Comments »



