Category: Economy

The people who can destroy a thing, they control it. ― Frank Herbert, Dune As we’ll outline below, most commentators may have missed a key implication of Russia’s surgical destruction…

Generalizing from one anecdote is always fraught, but this one is a doozy. The question is whether this sighing is simply a facet of wildly overpriced housing in San Francisco…

Yves here. While Tom Neuburger’s assessment of what it will take to produce serious action to combat climate change is pessimistic, it may not be pessimistic enough. The US has…

Yves here. Michael Hudson continues and extends his discussion about how Germany, more than any other US ally, is destroying economy to support US interests against Russia. Hudson compares the…

“It was a total head-in-the-sand situation. ‘It’s not going to happen to me. I’m too small.’ That was the overwhelming message that I was hearing five years ago,” says Ms…

By Conor Gallagher Türkiye continues to exasperate Washington and Brussels with its willingness to chart its own course in its relationship with Russia. While ties between Ankara and Moscow grow…

Yves here. This interview helps unpack why Lulu’s victory wasn’t as resounding as many outsiders anticipate. One general issue that’s often underestimated is that in bad economic times, the center…

Yves here. I didn’t realize tool libraries existed! Now that I am in a house and have to be on top of maintenance, there have been quite a few times…

Yves here. I doubt that many among our readers hold central banks in high esteem, save perhaps the researchers and data compliers who soldier away and provide useful information and…

By Conor Gallagher Following Azerbaijan’s attacks on Armenia in recent months and Russia’s preoccupation with Ukraine, the situation in the South Caucuses risks spiraling out of control. In an escalation…