Yves here. Financialization cuts both ways, as a Texas fight over Net Zero commitments is demonstrating. Major banks and investment houses joined the ESG (“environment, social, governance”) trend, in large…
After three years of fits and starts, the rollout of New York’s recreational cannabis market gained speed in 2024, most notably with the opening of about 50 licensed dispensaries so…
Yves here. As we indicated, Rajiv Sethi was surprised, and not in a good way, at having a very careful and well-substantiated post he wrote on RFK, Jr.’s presidential bid,…
In an impressive bit of narrative synergy last week, significant judicial decisions in the Manhattan district attorney’s hush-money case against Donald J. Trump coincided with the premiere of a documentary,…
In Senegal, the president tried to cancel an election. In Niger, a military coup d’état toppled an elected president, who eight months later is still imprisoned in the presidential palace.…
Oleksii Yukov spends many of his nights dodging drones, navigating minefields and hoping not to be targeted by Russian artillery as he races to collect the remains of fallen soldiers…
The electric vehicle, a breakthrough achievement in automotive technology, has driven into this year’s presidential election, inflaming partisan fights that have come to define much of American culture. One reason…
NEW YORK ,, March 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Nasdaq Stock Market announced today that it will delist the common stock and warrants of Latch, Inc. Latch, Inc.’s securities were suspended…
Yves here. Jomo describes the hypocrisy of advanced economies (with Western-dominated international institutions as amplifiers and enforcers) who opposed emerging nations engaging in industrial policy, particularly using tariffs to protect…
Economy 05 March 2024, 2:20 pm 1 minute By Reuters News Agency Reuters was first to report on Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s announcement of an ambitious 2024 economic growth target…