Celebrated intellectual and historian Wang Hui, author of The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought, discusses the origins and evolution of Chinese values
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Sunday, October 6, 2024
Are You Ready to Dive Deep into China’s Intellectual Odyssey?
Topics: China, Guest Post, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 11:16 am | 44 Comments »
Links 4/26/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 312 Comments »
Mexican Economy Faces Its “With U.S. Or Against U.S.” Moment
“What the US is really interested in is ‘security shoring,’ not nearshoring,” as it begins to place national security concerns above all other considerations in its relationship with China.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 23 Comments »
Free Speech on the Ropes: Legislation to Revoke Not-for-Profit Status of Organizations that Support Palestine Protests Passes in House
The officialdom has just wheeled out much heavier weaponry in the war against free speech, here targeting not-for-profits.
Topics: Banana republic, Media watch, Middle East, New McCarthyism, Politics, Surveillance state
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:47 am | 68 Comments »
Book Review: “On the Move” Is a Must-Read Account of U.S. Climate Migration
Climate migration is here, even in rich countries like the US, and set to accelerate.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Real estate
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:55 am | 14 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/25/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, anti-Trump legal cabal revealed, sudden emergence of the Molineux Rule as an issue for Bragg’s prosecution, documents unsealed by Judge Cannon with the loss of a judgeship. ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 74 Comments »
Google AI Censorship: Google Reverses Itself Fully on Demonetization Threat After Intervention by Matt Taibbi and Our Demonstration of Pervasive Errors
Hooray! Google fully reversed itself on its AI-generated censorship and demonetization threat. But don’t assume this sort of thing is over.
Topics: Legal, Media watch, Politics, Social policy, Social values, Surveillance state, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 10:20 am | 28 Comments »
Links 4/25/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 255 Comments »
The Populist Dynamic: Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Countering Populism
Oh noes! Populism is gaining ground! A report on A/B testing of messaging in Italy to defang it.
Topics: Europe, Guest Post, Income disparity, Media watch, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:41 am | 20 Comments »
Grocery Store Consolidation: Manipulating Supply Chains and Manufacturing, for Corporate Influence and Profit . . . Redux
More squeezing of the poors and shrinking middle class sought, via a US grocery store merger creating combined company market share of 22%
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:41 am | 21 Comments »
‘Does the CIA Still Do That?’
A look at the CIA’s sorry history of propaganda, psyops and assassinations.
Topics: Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Surveillance state
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:28 am | 57 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/24/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 80 Comments »
Making the World Safe for KFC: How Development Banks Underwrote Fast Food’s Global Takeover
How the World Bank’s IFC and others development banks supported KFC’s world conquest by backing its factory farms.
Topics: Africa, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, India, Middle East, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 12 Comments »
Links 4/24/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 222 Comments »
Israel Economy Deterioration Worsens as Gaza Conflict and Other Hostilities Grind On
A fresh look, admittedly based on limited information, at how Israel’s economy is holding up in what is proving to be a protracted conflict
Topics: Credit markets, Economic fundamentals, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 75 Comments »