Burning Books (or Rather Book Companies) | naked capitalism
By Tom Engelhardt. Originally published at TomDispatch. No one listened better than Studs. For those of you old enough to remember, that’s Studs Terkel, of course. The most notable thing…
The Bornholm Blow-Up Repeats the Bornholm Bash — Poland Attacks Germany and Blames Russia | naked capitalism
Lambert here: Helmer sheds some light on this extraordinary tweet by global thinker, Bullingdon Club member, AEI fellow, former Minister of Defense of Poland, and Blob spouse Radek Sikorski: Thanks…
US Tightens the Screws on Turkey Over Cooperation with Russia | naked capitalism
By Conor Gallagher Two of Turkey’s largest banks are no longer accepting Russia’s Mir payments system. The moves on September 19 come following threats from the US of secondary sanctions.…
Links 9/27/22 | 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…
How Bad Will the German Recession Be? | naked capitalism
Conor: In Lubmin, the town where the Nord Stream pipelines come ashore in northern Germany, thousands of people protested on Sunday calling for the opening of Nord Stream 2, for which…
A Review of Barbara Tuchman’s “The March of Folly” | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. The title of this post is a bit of a misnomer, because I’m not going to go through the Tuchman’s work in any great detail.…
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/26/2022 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, I am finishing up a post on Barbara Tuchman’s The March of Folly, so this must be an open thread, birdsong-less, but with…
Italy’s Lurch to the Right Raises Risk of Fossil Gas Lock-In | naked capitalism
Lambert: This was written immediately before the Italian election, but the logic applies now that the “lurch” to the right has taken place. By Stella Levantesi, an Italian climate journalist,…
Links 9/26/22 | 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…
Europe Faces An Exodus Of Energy-Intensive Industries | naked capitalism
Lambert here: The article does make some assumptions about the relative autonomy of European governments who are America’s “allies.” Who’s to say whether this “exodus” is unintended? By Irina Slav,…