Iran, which had just taken a major step to integrate its network into China-led transport corridors, is the last major roadblock to US-Israel domination of Middle East regional supply chains.
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Sunday, July 6, 2025
What’s the Vision for the Middle East if Iran Falls?
Topics: Energy markets, India, Middle East, Social policy, Social values, Technology and innovation
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 46 Comments »
Inside Bolsonarists’ Campaign to Impose US Sanctions on Brazilian Judges
Former president’s son and his allies are lobbying US government to punish judges investigating 2022 coup attempt.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 2 Comments »
The Economics of Undyed Hair Roots
Monitoring a recession indicator: hair salon visits, or more accurately, their reduction.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Income disparity
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:06 am | 42 Comments »
Links 6/15/2025
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 276 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Sorcerer (1977) Run Time: 1H 58M
Sorcerer is a movie about four men desperately seeking to escape a small South American town and willing to risk everything to do so.
Topics: Guest Post, Sunday morning Antidote movie
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 17 Comments »
Believe It or Not, There Was a Time When the US Government Built Beautiful Homes for Working-Class Americans to Deal With a Housing Crisis
For a short time, the U.S. government not only built houses, it constructed entire communities.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Infrastructure, Market inefficiencies, Privatization, Real estate, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 20 Comments »
Links 6/14/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 221 Comments »
Forcible Removal of US Sen. Alex Padilla Signals a Dangerous Shift in American Democracy
Trump’s war against the Constitution, Congressional oversight powers, and legislation escalates with the man-handling of Senator Padilla
Topics: Guest Post, Legal, Media watch, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:39 am | 72 Comments »
Those Who Would Be King
Trump’s June 14 spectacle is an exploitation of the military for personal and political gain. Will No King protests make a dent?
Topics: Guest Post, Legal, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:25 am | 48 Comments »
Coffee Break: The Future and Follies of Science and AI as Automation, for Better or Worse
Part the First: Who Will Supplant the United States in Scientific Research? Before going any further in answer to The Rev Kev’s suggestion from last week, it is important to note that while the US currently remains the acknowledged leader in scientific research, this is a matter of quantity as much as quality. Other countries […]
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by KLG at 2:00 pm | 11 Comments »
Yanis Varoufakis: The Economics of Europe’s Descent into Warmongering
The long path that has led Europe to see big defense spending will be a lifeline, hence the need to stoke war fever.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social values, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 16 Comments »
Links 6/13/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 76 Comments »
Is A Soft Coup Brewing in Colombia, the US’ Long-Time “Israel of Latin America”?
In the space of just a few days, Colombia has been plunged into a political crisis that could end up toppling its first ever left-wing government.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 9 Comments »
Israel Launches Attacks Against Iran; Iran Begins Retaliation
Parsing emerging information on the Israel campaign against Iran, and Iran’s initial response.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Media watch, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:30 am | 207 Comments »
Kennedy’s HHS Sent Congress ‘Junk Science’ To Defend Vaccine Changes, Experts Say
More on RFK, Jr. making shit up but attempting to wrap it in the mantle of science.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Health care, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:00 am | 12 Comments »