The Democratic Party’s slow-motion suicide continues.
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Monday, September 15, 2025
IM Doc: Report from Flyover on the Democratic Party’s Self Destruction
Topics: Banana republic, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:55 am | 155 Comments »
Income, Wealth, and Environmental Inequality in the US
A study based on US air pollution data finds blacks at all income levels suffer worse exposures.
Topics: Environment, Guest Post, Income disparity, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:00 am | 4 Comments »
Coffee Break: Across the Pond – Europe on the Brink
Europe prepares for war as the democratic deficit grows wider
Topics: Coffee Break, Europe, Guest Post
Posted by Kevin Kirk at 2:00 pm | 86 Comments »
The Far-Right and the Crypto Scam
How Trump and his allies use crypto to rig the rules of the game in their favor and fleece rubes.
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Payment system, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social values, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 22 Comments »
Links 3/17/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 154 Comments »
Why the EU Is Failing
The Democratic Deficit is one reason why the EU is perceived to be failing; but there are others such as too much power being concentrated in one unelected institution and a lack of transparency
Topics: Banana republic, Europe, Guest Post, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Social values, Taxes
Posted by Kevin Kirk at 6:50 am | 36 Comments »
DOGE Going Dark as Evidence of Fabrications, Destructive Results and Citizen Anger Rises
OGE is turning out to be as reckless and wantonly destructive as its fiercest critics warned.
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:49 am | 53 Comments »
Heritage Foundation and Allies Discuss Dismantling the EU
The group behind the radical Project 2025 agenda is increasingly turning its attention to Europe.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 15 Comments »
MAHA Three Card Monte? Decision to Axe Advisory Groups Could Spell Trouble for US Food Safety
Concerns that RFK Jr.’s MAHA may set back food safety, particularly with regard to pathogens.
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:00 am | 6 Comments »
Links 3/16/2025
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 259 Comments »
Why Is the Trump Administration So Obsessed with Shipping Lanes?
The case that it’s about preparing for conflict with China.
Topics: Africa, China, Curiousities, Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Infrastructure, Middle East
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 23 Comments »
When Algorithms Take the Field – Inside MLB’s Robo-Umping Experiment
Whether robot umpires would be better for the game is debatable, but they’d be bad news for labor.
Topics: Curiousities, Guest Post, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 21 Comments »
Links 3/15/2025: The Ides of March
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 218 Comments »
Book Review: How Our Digital Infatuation Undermines Discourse
A new take on the costs and dangers of digital device overuse and dependence.
Topics: Guest Post, Media watch, Social policy, Social values, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:52 am | 21 Comments »
Tightening the Screws: Columbia as Early Focus of Conservative Revenge on Universities
Trump and Vance have ratcheted up their war against universities in a big way.
Topics: Guest Post, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:37 am | 46 Comments »