A discussion of Peter Turchin’s End Times: Elites Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration.
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Monday, October 7, 2024
A Simple Desultory Analytic (Or How I Was Peter Turchin’d Into Perdition) by “I lost my harmonica albrt”
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:35 am | 23 Comments »
“Ensh*ttification”: A General Theory for the Life Cycle of the Firm?
“It is the people that distinguish one company from another.”
Topics: Corporate governance, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Regulations and regulators, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Lambert Strether at 4:25 pm | 48 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/1/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 67 Comments »
Devolution and the Decline in Operational Capacity and Elite/Managerial Competence
Has devolution, as in technologies that increase output at the cost of skill, contributed to the decline in operational capability?
Topics: Corporate governance, Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Social policy, Social values, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 129 Comments »
Links 4/1/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 180 Comments »
Book Review: Confronting the Slow Calamity of Climate Migration
In “On the Move,” Abrahm Lustgarten details how global warming could displace millions of Americans.
Topics: Environment, Global warming, Infrastructure, Market inefficiencies, Real estate, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 22 Comments »
Michael Hudson: Germany as Collateral Damage in America’s New Cold War
A reminder of how Germany has committed economic suicide rather than say “no” to the US.
Topics: China, Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Europe, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:20 am | 69 Comments »
Links 3/31/2024
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 139 Comments »
Combating “Hate”: The Trojan Horse for Precrime
Canada pushes ahead with a pre-hate-crime bill as US states continue with programs to collect data on all types of hate “incidents.” Can “precrime” really prevent hate or are there ulterior motives at hand?
Topics: Curiousities, Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Social policy, Social values, Surveillance state
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 47 Comments »
NYC AI Chatbot Touted by Adams Tells Businesses to Break the Law
The Microsoft-powered bot says bosses can take worker’s tips and that landlords can discriminate based on source of income.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Legal, Market inefficiencies, Real estate, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 23 Comments »
The Global Pharmaceutical Industry Isn’t Investing in Products for the Greatest Burden of Human Disease – Are Non-Profits a Solution?
How to increase development of pharmaceuticals to treat tropical diseases, which afflict millions yet are neglected?
Topics: Africa, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, India, Market inefficiencies, Social policy, Social values, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:32 am | 14 Comments »
Links 3/30/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:59 am | 269 Comments »
Rising Talk of School Closures Fuels Expansion of the Community Schools Movement
Instead of closing schools, many communities are pushing their districts to think about schools differently.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:56 am | 17 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/29/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, Trump’s cash, Boeing, Kennedy, Shanahan, the Black Epstein? ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 70 Comments »
Links 3/29/2024
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 225 Comments »