The EU Commission has repeatedly stated that EU citizens will not face discrimination or exclusion for not using its new digital identity wallet. However, the Greek government just signaled its intent to do just that.
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Sunday, October 6, 2024
Greece Just Gave a Glimpse of How the EU’s “Voluntary” Digital ID Wallet Will Gradually Become Mandatory
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 32 Comments »
5 Things to Know About the Global Land Rush and How to Stop It
A recent conference in Colombia assessed the extent of land grabs and how to organize against them.
Topics: Africa, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Real estate, Regulations and regulators, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:27 am | 15 Comments »
A Class Analysis of the Trump-Biden Rerun
How helpful is class analysis in assessing support for Trump and Biden?
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:36 am | 82 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/11/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics and pandemics, CDC’s Mandy Cohen says she doesn’t want aerosol scientists on her “team”, Biden ballot access, Trump at Chick-Fil-A, Taibbi on class ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 57 Comments »
Russia Delivers Major Blow to Ukraine by Destroying Kiev’s Biggest Power Plant
Russia’s dismantling of Ukraine’s ability to function accelerates with the destruction of Kiev’s largest power facility.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Europe, Infrastructure, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 10:20 am | 84 Comments »
Links 4/11/2024
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 167 Comments »
Beneath the Skin of CPI Inflation, March: Inflation Behaves Very Badly, Saga Far from Over
Ugly inflation in services drives up the 3-month “core CPI” for 7th month, to 4.5% annualized, worst in a year.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:23 am | 30 Comments »
US Cities Struggling With Office Vacancies: St. Louis in Doom Loop, New York Eyeing Residential Conversions
Two snapshots of the impact of hollowed out office buildings on American cities and how they are trying to cope.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Politics, Real estate, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:22 am | 30 Comments »
Nate Silver: Sotomayor Should Retire Before the Election
Why Sotomayor should, erm, take one for the team!
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:59 am | 50 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/10/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, two helpers, 1000 Boeing 787s could have potentially “catastrophic” manufacturing flaws, Civilization (the game) ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 90 Comments »
Do We Really Need a Global Commission on Modern Slavery?
Theresa May’s [anti] modern slavery project serves as a point of departure for considering policy options.
Topics: Globalization, Guest Post, Politics, Social policy, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 11:32 am | 14 Comments »
Links 4/10/2024
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 193 Comments »
On the Difficulty of Research in the Biomedical Sciences and Scientific Medicine
Why medical research is hard, and often path-dependent, which may not always be a good thing.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Health care, Media watch, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 8 Comments »
How Biden Can Win on the Economy: Stop Mass Layoffs
Why has Biden failed to add a clause to Federal contracts to protect workers from mass layoffs?
Topics: Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Media watch, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:51 am | 43 Comments »
U.S.’s New Hopes in Iraq Are Dashed as It Signs Longest Ever Gas Deal With Iran
The US suffers yet another setback v. Iran.
Topics: Energy markets, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:31 am | 29 Comments »