Links 8/23/2023 | naked capitalism
Where Did the Term Blue Moon Come From, and How Rare Is the ‘Super Blue Moon’ Later This Month? Smithsonian Oklahoma Family Completes Epic Quest to Noodle Catfish in Every…
Finding Climate Havens
This year’s heat can seem relentless, and appears to be only the beginning of a lifetime of hotter summers. It’s even hot in the oceans. And then there are the…
China Schizophrenia: Jake Sullivan Makes Demands, Press Fulminates Its Ambitions as While Overhyping Current Economic Wobbles | naked capitalism
As we’ll unpack, the financial press has been depicting the soft Chinese economy as teetering on the edge of a crisis. As we’ll soon show, even though China has had…
Ann Pettifor Explains Why Neoclassical Economists Are the Last People To Listen to on Climate Change | naked capitalism
Yves here. William Nordhaus needs to be assigned to his own special circle in hell for his destructively misleading work on climate change. We also posted on the Financial Times…
Private Equity on Campus: Why College Students Are Sleeping in Cars | naked capitalism
As college students across the country head back to school, they are struggling to find affordable housing. Here’s Forbes: As millions of college students happily move into their campus or…
China Tries to Increase Its Clout in Africa Amid Rivalry With the U.S.
President Xi Jinping of China, traveling to Africa for the first time in five years, pledged greater cooperation with South Africa to enhance the voice of poor nations. He commended…
The Secret to the Greenest Pesto
My colleague Julia Moskin says that restaurants are New Yorkers’ living rooms. With no space of our own, we look outward, to nearby public quarters where we can sit, read…
How a Small Gender Clinic Landed in a Political Storm
The small Midwestern gender clinic was buckling under an unrelenting surge in demand. Last year, dozens of young patients were seeking appointments every month, far too many for the clinic’s…
The Secrets of Debate Swag
This kind of quick reaction “allows you to meet people where they are, rather than trying to drag them over to where you are,” Ms. McLaughlin said. (The “Dark Brandon”…
Manliness, Prestige and Cash: How Military Service Is Sold on Russian TV
The campaign appeared to start in April. Online, the Defense Ministry published a splashy video ad focusing on two central motivations: machismo, and money. It defines military service as more…