Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Links 9/16/2024

Boeing Faces Cash Crunch and Ratings Downgrade as Machinists Union Goes on Strike

Boeing is in a staredown with its machinists’ union over pay and other issues. With downgrade possible, what are the odds of a bailout?

Revolutionize Global Water Access

How solar-powered water pumps could alleviate shortages of potable water, particularly in poor parts of the world.

Hooray! Met Our Sixth Goal, On to Our Seventh: More Original Reporting

Naked Capitalism is on to its biggest and sexiest target, more original reporting. Give generously so we can make even more trouble!

We’re Getting Sick of Noise Pollution

Keeping Our World Cooler Will Also Make It Quieter

Mark Ames: Why Finance Is Too Important to Leave to Larry Summers

Mark Ames’ biting classic is a reminder that Larry Summers, like so many prominent economists, has become too big to fail.

Links 9/15/2024

The EU Retreats Further into a World of Self-Delusion 

Mario Draghi calls for Europe, decimated by self-inflicted energy crisis and social austerity, to go on borrowing spree to pay for endless fight against Russia. 

Harris Can’t Embrace Billionaires if She Wants to Win

But has she already embraced them?

Kudos! Met Our Fifth Goal, and on to the Sixth: Expanding Our Reach

In this hostile media environment, getting the word out about Naked Capitalism is ever more important! Please help fund promoting the site!

Fundraiser Special! Come Get This Year’s Naked Capitalism Songbook!

242 pages of community inspiration

Links 9/14/2024

Announcing Our New Small Donation “Double Your Donations” Challenge

Two readers have teamed up to turbocharge small donations!

Is US Policy Saving the Dollar or Destroying It?

How the global economy is being restructured, in no small measure due to inept, self-destructive policy moves that undermine dollar use in trade.

Compost Co-Op: Recycling the Discarded

Greenfield, Massachusetts’s Compost Co-op gives ex-inmates a living wage through meaningful work.