A look at how Turkish and US interests benefit from recent upset in the relations between Russia and Azerbainan.
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Sunday, July 13, 2025
The Latest Trouble In Russian-Azerbaijani Relations Might Be Part Of A Turkish-US Powerplay
Topics: Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Russia, Turkey
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:44 am | 19 Comments »
Links 7/1/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 140 Comments »
Is Washington Trying to Provoke a Full-Blown Banking Crisis in Mexico?
This time round, it wouldn’t be just US banks that would be heavily exposed to the resulting fallout; so, too, would European lenders.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 14 Comments »
CalPERS Retiree Group Launches GoFundMe for Investigation on Private Equity Fees
CalPERS retirees are raising funds to have a big go at private equity fee secrecy. Please chip in if you are a California taxpayer!
Topics: CalPERS, Dubious statistics, Investment management, Politics, Private equity, Ridiculously obvious scams, Risk and risk management
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:55 am | 5 Comments »
“Ex-CISA Official Warns: We’ve Gutted Cybersecurity—A Gift to Iran, China and Russia”
Cybersecurity expert Dr. David Mussington, explains why the clock is ticking on U.S. vulnerabilities under Trump.
Topics: China, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Russia, Surveillance state, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:05 am | 28 Comments »
Coffee Break: OpenAI as The Money Pit
OpenAI’s fatally flawed finances reveal a company that presents no serious threat to any of the tech incumbents, including Google.
Topics: Coffee Break, Guest Post, Technology and innovation
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 2:00 pm | 68 Comments »
Reverse Lysistrata: More on Men Cooling on Dating, Sex and the Role of Societal Denigration
More on how young men are having a hard time finding dates and romantic partners, and why this matters.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 188 Comments »
Links 6/30/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 151 Comments »
Can Unions Really ‘Lead the Resistance to Authoritarianism?’
Probably not in their current form, but there’s a counterintuitive argument that we should be cheering for the Supreme Court to dismantle the National Labor Relations Board in order to revitalize labor.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Income disparity, Legal, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 17 Comments »
Cow Most Sacred
Why military spending remains untouchable.
Topics: Guest Post, Market inefficiencies, Moral hazard, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy, Social values, Surveillance state
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 9 Comments »
Take Advantage of These Tax Credits Before Congress Kills Them
An alert: some energy efficiency tax credits are about to be terminated. See if you want to avail yourself of them while you can.
Topics: Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics, Taxes
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:14 am | 9 Comments »
Links 6/29/2025
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 158 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears (1980) Run Time: 2 H 28 M
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears is a movie about three young Russian women and the different paths their lives take as they mature.
Topics: Guest Post, Sunday morning Antidote movie
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 5 Comments »
The Millionaire Exodus Myth
Millionaires are not fleeing countries to escape taxes.
Topics: Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy, Social values, Taxes
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 14 Comments »
Links 6/28/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 168 Comments »