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Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Links 7/27/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 183 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Master Of The Flying Guillotine (1976) Run Time: 1H 33M
Master of the Flying Guillotine is a movie about a martial artist facing down an implacable foe bent on vengeance.
Topics: Guest Post, Sunday morning Antidote movie
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 11 Comments »
Links 7/26/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 175 Comments »
Michael Hudson: Church and Finance – From the Crusades to World War I
Michael Hudson extends his historical review from debt in antiquity the role of the Catholic Church in the rise of banking and war finance.
Topics: Banking industry, Credit markets, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 21 Comments »
Will Voters Turn to Corbyn and Socialism over Starmer’s Big Finance Love-In?
A discussion of whether voters would back Corbyn-style socialism, particularly given Starmer’s ever-rightwards shift.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:04 am | 75 Comments »
Coffee Break: Fossil Fuels and Health, EPA, AI that Works, and a Belated Retraction
Part the First: The Healthcare Costs of Fossil Fuels. One would think this is a no-brainer. Nevertheless, the Current Administration has its stone cold heart set on gutting the Office of Research and Development in the Environmental Protection Agency. I suppose it would be churlish once again to note the EPA is one of the […]
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by KLG at 2:00 pm | 9 Comments »
Israel’s Atrocities Have Destroyed Its Reputation and Its Security
Netanyahu’s survival strategy, which now includes starving children, is putting Israel at risk in a big way.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:59 am | 70 Comments »
Links 7/25/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 141 Comments »
Washington and Beijing’s Mexican Standoff
As Trump’s bumbling threats continue to alienate the US in Latin America, China is increasingly determined to hold its ground in the US’ so-called “backyard”.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:47 am | 8 Comments »
A Pox on Optimism!
Why I have had it with optimism.
Topics: Social values, Summer rerun
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:28 am | 61 Comments »
Thomas Neuburger: Rethinking Collapse
Your humble blogger has difficulty with the thesis of this post: “What if collapse is the road to more humane life?”
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics, Social values, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:00 am | 60 Comments »
When Politics and Finance Merge, Truth Surpasses Fiction
In the West, politics and finance run separately; in the East, they merge. That’s why politics there matters more and political fictions are absent.
Topics: Coffee Break, Free markets and their discontents, Politics
Posted by Curro Jimenez at 2:00 pm | 40 Comments »
Financial Times and Stanford Business School Describe How Private Equity Investors Like CalPERS Act Like the Dumb Money They Are
More on how private equity investors like CalPERS willingly go along with their victimization.
Topics: Investment management, Investment outlook, Politics, Private equity, Ridiculously obvious scams, Risk and risk management
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 9 Comments »
Links 7/24/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 162 Comments »
Satyajit Das: Parsing President Trump’s Real Agenda
Divining the decision rules that guide Trump’s actions.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:55 am | 33 Comments »