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How Naked Captialism helps you learn to see through charlatans like mainstream economists.

Data supports the idea that lax monetary policy contributes to bubbles. Yes, Virginia, some regard that claim as controversial.

Civil rights groups demand that Amazon Ring’s spy program be put behind bars.

Is praise of negative real interest rates in Europe making a virtue out of (mis)perceived necessity?

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Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, Biden and his funders, Harris and Palantir, Sanders, Warren, Florida felon voting, rehabilitating Bush, small business optimism, producer prices, consumer credit, cobalt, Softbank, Cargill, decelerating growth, Richard Stallman, AI, neural feedback, WBAI closes

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How the Bidens’ Ukraine scandal has been a big gift to Trump, but the biggest was Eric Holder’s refusal to prosecute bank executives.

How Naked Capitailsm’s writers and readers stay ahead of the curve and influence the presee.

Introducing serial leading company wrecker Archie McCardell, and noteworthy successors to him, with WeWork as a first object lesson.

Yet more deserved bad news on the Boeing 737 Max front.

Gene editing does not always work as advertised. And that’s before getting to the fact that genetically modified crops have been found to be less robust than native strains.

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