A further discussion of how societal problems that impact medicine and health policy are largely kept out of political discourse.
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Moody’s Heaps Further Pressure on Mexico’s Economy by Changing Outlook of Banking System to Negative
This time, it’s not just Wall Street banks that should be worried about the contagion risks of a full-blown banking crisis in Mexico. So, too, should their European counterparts.
Judge Blocks DOGE ‘Fishing Expedition’ in Sensitive Social Security Data Systems
A small win for Social Security beneficiaries in the battle against destruction by DOGE.
The Structural Transformation of the Public Space: High Street Changes and Populism
An intriguing connection between retail districts and populism.
Fed Not Buying Trump Administration Economic Snake Oil but Stands Largely Pat While Depicting Higher Inflation, Lower Growth Prospects
The Fed has noticed that Trump’s policies are chilling growth while stoking inflation, but is not yet ready to react strongly.
Replacing Foreign Aid: A Macroeconomic Plan B for Ukraine (and Europe)
Some Serious Economists make an analytically desperate justification of Europe providing big-ticket economic assistance to Ukraine
How an Israeli-US Startup Wants to Make Geoengineering Profitable
Forget contrails. Here’s a geoengineering initiative that should give cause for pause.
Is the Endgame with Iran About to Begin?
An update on US escalatory noises about Iran.
Will Russia Expand Its Ground Campaign Into Sumy, Dniepropetrovsk, and/or Kharkov Regions?
Where might Russia take the Ukraine conflict next?
A Strange “Peace” in the South Caucasus and the Encirclement of Iran
What to make of the proposed deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan as preparations for war continue and the West looks to destabilize Iran.
More on Trump Defiance of Court in Venezuela Deportation Case
Yves here. This post contains informative details on the ongoing row between Judge James Boasberg and the Department of Justice, which defied his order in a deportation of Venezuelans for the planes containing the detainees en route to El Salvador return to the US. The lawlessness of this Administration is stunning. First, as Judge Napolitano, […]
More IDF Depravity: Use of Palestinians as Human Shields
More systematic war crimes by the IDF, covered up as supposedly just a few outlier cases.
