Haiti in chaos as economy tanks and violence soars
Daily life has spun out of control since Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced a rise in fuel prices last month, after which protests erupted across a country already in…
Washington, Brussels Set Sights on TurkStream Pipeline Amid Crackdown on Ankara-Moscow Cooperation | naked capitalism
By Conor Gallagher At the beginning of this year there were four pipelines carrying natural gas from Russia to Europe, and a fifth (Nord Stream 2) was about to come…
Satyajit Das: The Financial Party Is Coming to an Abrupt End | naked capitalism
Yves here. In the “great minds work alike” category, former derivatives trader Satyajit Das sent the post below, on the high odds of bad outcomes in financial markets the same…
Supreme Court Grapples with Animal Welfare in a Challenge to a California Law Requiring Pork to Be Humanely Raised | naked capitalism
By David Favre, Professor of Law at Michigan State University College of Law and Co-Founder of the Animal Legal Defense Fund. Republished from The Conversation. Should Californians be able to…
How Cloud Services Allow Tech Titans to Act as Knowledge and Information Gatekeepers | naked capitalism
Yves here. Although a very tiny example of the thesis of article, your humble blogger can testify that there’s a great deal of commercial pressure to put data in the…
The Covid-19 Guidance on CDC’s Website is a Crime Against Humanity | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. When I recently posted on masking, I remarked that I’d like to kick the CDC’s twitching corpse. A little. This post does not cover the…
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/3/2022 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, I have been very busy kicking CDC’s twitching corpse, and so I must beg your indulgence with an open thread. Talk amongst yourselves!…
Links 10/4/22 | naked capitalism
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
Nobody Cares About The Labour Files | naked capitalism
By John McGregor, a translator and political violence researcher In late September, Al Jazeera’s investigative unit released a documentary series called the Labour Files. This in-depth investigation is based on…
A Tale of Tier 3 Cities in China | naked capitalism
By Kenneth Rogoff, Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics Harvard University. Originally published at VoxEU. After decades of building at a breakneck pace, the stock…