Sunday, July 13, 2025

How the Trump Presidency Might Change the Global Economy

Trump tariffs are coming! What does that mean?

Links 11/7/2024

“An Honest Discussion of Covid Vaccine Side Effects Is Overdue”

Even with more willingness to discuss Covid side effects, most medical professionals still seem reluctant to admit to the probably frequency

How to Protect Your Pet from Climate Change

Your pet more vulnerable to climate change than you might think. Some helpful suggestions.

Longer-Term Treasury Yields & Mortgage Rates Explode, Yield Curve Un-Inverts Further as Bond Market Gets Spooked

Stock jockeys love Trump and bond vigilantes do not. What do their diverging views say about the prospects for the US economy?

2:00PM Water Cooler 11/6/2024

~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; Election 2024 roundup; Gram Parson’s birthday; Welding ~

Netanyahu Replaces Fired Israeli Defense Minister With ‘Another Genocidal Lunatic’

Israel’s new defense minister, Israel Katz, is even more bloody-minded than the one Netanyahu sacked.

Links 11/6/2024

Going Back to the Source: A Personal Reflection on Capital, Volume 1

KLG reflects on how Marx’s Capital was an important primer for him in understanding capitalism, and why it remains a seminal guide.

BRICS Isn’t De-Dollarizing Anytime Soon

Why the Global South path away from the dollar will be longer and more difficult than many friends of BRICS imagine.

Live Blog, The Main Event: Election Day 2024

The Naked Capitalism live blog for Election Day 2024.

2:00PM Water Cooler 11/5/2024

~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics; Today’s RCP polling: Kamala closing, but Trump holds; Election prediction round-up ; Boeing workers sign contract, News Guild tech workers on strike at NYT ~

So What Happens After a Trump or Harris Win?

Some crystal-ball gazing into what four year of Trump or Harris would portend.

Links 11/5/2024

Just How Dystopian Can Starmer’s Britain Become?

While Starmer’s government is trying to expand the powers of the British State, it is using powers it already has — namely anti-terrorism laws — to arrest and intimidate pro-Palestinian journalists, activists and protesters.