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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Brazil’s Pantanal Wetland is On Fire, Joining Other Places Where Wildfires Rage or Have Recently Burned Out of Control
Topics: Australia, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:50 am | 16 Comments »
NIH ‘Very Concerned’ About Serious Side Effect in Coronavirus Vaccine Trial
FDA mulls whether to follow British regulators in resuming a vacccine trial that was halted when a participant suffered spinal cord damage.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 5:25 am | 29 Comments »
The Rise of Ultra-Processed Foods and Why They’re Really Bad for Our Health
Factors driving the growth of ultra-processed foods, such as Big Food lobbying, despite these Frankenfoods being really bad for our health.
Topics: Banana republic, Commodities, Doomsday scenarios, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 4:25 am | 47 Comments »
As Boeing Inches Toward 737 MAX Recertification, 787 and Lunar Lander Go Sour, Charleston v. Seattle Looms
Boeing, Boeing…..
Topics: Banana republic, Corporate governance, Guest Post, Regulations and regulators, Technology and innovation
Posted by Lambert Strether at 5:55 pm | 56 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/14/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 134 Comments »
We Lost Because We Weren’t Big Enough (the Left in the UK and the US)
Where now for Anglo-American socialism?
Topics: Guest Post, Politics, UK
Posted by Lambert Strether at 11:55 am | 90 Comments »
Links 9/14/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 135 Comments »
Hubert Horan: The Airline Industry Collapse Part 4 – Total Paralysis Continues
Hubert Horan recaps a talk with FT Alphaville’s Izabella Kaminska on why the airline is in desperate shape and not considering solutions.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Pandemic, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:29 am | 45 Comments »
The Bahrain-Israel Mutual Recognition
A take on why Bahrain followed the UAE in recognizing Israel.
Topics: Energy markets, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:29 am | 14 Comments »
Topsoil Degradation, Soil Erosion, and Soil Governance (Global or Otherwise)
How long will it take for the world to run out of topsoil? What will it take to avoid it?
Topics: Environment, Global warming, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 4:25 pm | 33 Comments »
Links 9/13/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:59 am | 286 Comments »
How Charles Koch Is Buying Credibility With Academic Investments
Koch influence in the academic sphere is far ranging. Koch money funds individual courses, professorships, fellowships, and even energy research and policy programs. These are significant investments in the “intellectual raw materials” of free-market advocacy.
Topics: Banana republic, Energy markets, Environment, Garrulous insolence, Global warming, Ridiculously obvious scams, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:50 am | 21 Comments »
Climate Crisis and Population Growth Will Displace 1 Billion over Next 30 Years
Think tank says climate crisis and population growith will lead at least 1 billion to migrate in countries with least ecological resilence.
Topics: Africa, Australia, Banana republic, China, Environment, Europe, Global warming, Guest Post, India, Infrastructure, Politics
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 9:55 am | 40 Comments »
Links 9/12/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 290 Comments »
Wolf Richter: Unemployment Crisis Going in Wrong Direction: Week 25 of U.S. Labor Market Collapse
Unemployment claims continue to increase, with nearly 20% collecting unemployment insurance. even according to the stringent claims criteria.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Pandemic, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:50 am | 23 Comments »