Diesel Crisis Deepens As Inventories Fall To Dangerous Levels | naked capitalism
Yves here. We were banging on about diesel shortages some time back. The fact that other facets of the ongoing energy crisis, such as the hunt for LNG, the Nord…
The Sveriges Riksbank Counterfeit Nobel Award Goes to Bernanke et al. for the Wrong Model | naked capitalism
Yves here. I’ve held back from discussing the elite doubling down on failure represented by the Sveriges Riksbank Counterfeit Nobel Prize going to Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond, and Philip Dybvig…
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/18/2022 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, this Water Cooler is a bit light. In my defense, the news flow is a bit light. It feels bizarrely like mid-summer. Change…
Kevin McCarthy Admits He Plans To Blow Up The Economy Unless Social Security And Medicare Are Cut
Kevin McCarthy made it clear that if Republicans win back the House they plan to hold the debt ceiling hostage unless they get cuts to Social Security and Medicare. McCarthy…
Vietnam Army General Giap on How To Win, British Armchair General Freedman on How To Lose | naked capitalism
Yves here. This book review by John Helmer provides yet another window into Anglo exceptionalism, this one via a twofer. Not only is Sir Lawrence Freedman unwilling to acknowledge the…
EU Plays Hardball With Serbia Over Its Russia Ties | naked capitalism
By Conor Gallagher Much like Ankara, Belgrade has tried to stay above the fray in the conflict between NATO and Russia. While Serbia doesn’t share the same geographic significance and…
EU Commission Is Strong-Arming EU Countries to Accept Joint Gas Purchases, Just As It Did With COVID-19 Vaccines | naked capitalism
That those vaccine purchases are now under investigation by EU Public Prosecutors doesn’t seem to matter. The Commission wants a direct role in EU Member States’ purchases of gas and,…
NOPEC Bill Would Mean the End Of Aramco and OPEC as We Know Them | naked capitalism
Yves here. The idea of the US trying frontally to destroy Saudi Aramco and therefore OPEC at a time of falling US strength and tightening Saudi ties to Russia and…
Progressives Say New Midterm Poll Must Be ‘Wake Up Call’ to Democrats | naked capitalism
Yves here. As you’ll see shortly in today’s Links, both The Hill and Politico show Democratic Party figures admitting they are in trouble for the midterms. As this article points…
Greenpro Promotes Value-Based Economy During Global Islamic Finance Forum 2022 – Stocks News Feed
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA / ACCESSWIRE / October 17, 2022 / Greenpro Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:GRNQ) today reiterate its social value corporate strategy that aligns with Value-based Intermediation (“VBI”) principle first launched…