“Reason has ultimately prevailed in favour of life, health, nature, biodiversity and food sovereignty.” After a four-year legal battle on multiple fronts with Mexico’s AMLO government, Monsanto has finally thrown in the towel. Last Tuesday, Mexico’s National Council of Humanities, Sciences and Technologies (Conahcyt) announced that two Mexican divisions of Monsanto — now subsidiaries of […]
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Friday, October 4, 2024
Mexico Scores Major Victory Against Bayer-Owned Monsanto As Corn War With US Reaches Pivotal Moment
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 36 Comments »
Biden’s De Facto EV Mandate at Risk After Supreme Court ‘Chevron’ Ruling
A look at just one implication of the fresh Chevron Supreme Court ruling demonstrates how far-reaching it is.
Topics: Energy markets, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:23 am | 24 Comments »
Confronting NATO’s War Summit in Washington
Yet another NATO summit has escalation on the agenda, despite the weakening of the West’s position.
Topics: China, Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Guest Post, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:44 am | 57 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/1/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Supreme Court decision on Presidential immunity and Open Thread ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 111 Comments »
Puppies Behind Bars and the Question of the Role of Prisons
A beautifully written story about a program which has inmates train service dogs shows some of our conflicts about the purpose of prisons.
Topics: Legal, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 8 Comments »
Links 7/1/2024
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 7:00 am | 193 Comments »
The EU ‘Doom Loop’: Bloc Set to Embrace More Austerity Despite Evidence It Will Cause Further Rightward Shift
The National Rally wins first round in France. Why do the self-described centrists keep making it so easy for the far right?
Topics: Corporate governance, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Social policy, Social values, Summer rerun, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 58 Comments »
How Camping Bans − Like the One the Supreme Court Just Upheld − Can Fit into ‘Hostile Design’: Strategies to Push Out Homeless People
The US Supreme Court decides it is not cruel to make it illegal for homeless people to sleep.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Legal, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 61 Comments »
Balancing Green Goals and Financial Realities: Labour’s Net Zero Dilemma
Yet another example of inadequate green targets meeting the notion that even that much action is somehow too costly.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:48 am | 9 Comments »
Capital in the 21st Century: Ownership of the Firms Producing Raw Materials
Investors from outside the EU control a significant share of the capital of global listed companies involved in the mining of cobalt, copper, lithium, nickel, and rare earths, underscoring the need to enhance the EU’s strategic autonomy and devise a metal-specific strategy going forward.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:52 pm | 7 Comments »
Links 6/30/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 322 Comments »
Status of US Dollar as Global Reserve Currency: Central Banks Diversify from USD-Assets to Other Currencies and to Gold
Long, slow erosion of the US dollar’s dominance. China’s renminbi keeps losing ground, many other currencies gain, as does gold
Topics: Currencies, Macroeconomic policy, Payment system
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:50 am | 22 Comments »
Links 6/29/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 296 Comments »
Survey Trolls, Opt-In Polls, and the New Era of Survey Science
As polling methods evolve, it can be hard to distinguish solid survey findings from those that dissolve under scrutiny.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:30 am | 27 Comments »
Michael Hudson: 18th Century Writers Understand Effects of War Debt Better Than IMF
Michael Hudson explains how the IMF’s view of war debt is dangerously misguided and older economic thinkers had much better take.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:18 am | 29 Comments »