From MAHA to MAGA: Can We Get There? | naked capitalism
Yves here. KLG uses a 2023 book by Michael Lind, Hell to Pay, to focus on an issue that we’ve harped on since the inception of this website: that highly…
How Shareholder Activism Became Toxic—and How to Fix It | naked capitalism
Yves here. The fact that this post depicts shareholder activism as the province of extortionist hedge funds reflects a depressing new normal. There have long been the type referred to…
Medical Research Depends on Government Money – Even a Day’s Delay in the Intricate Funding Process Throws Science Off-Kilter | naked capitalism
Yves here. Wellie, Trump seems determined to restore the Gilded Age in the US, along with its lack of professionalized medicine and fundamental research, particularly in pharmaceuticals. If you want…
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/28/2025 | naked capitalism
Bird Song of the Day Brown Thrasher, Lake Wales; Bok Sanctuary, Florida, United States. From 1963! In Case You Might Miss… Trump strategy. Taleb: Tech firms “grey swans”? Ortberg soothes…
The Growing Inequality in Life Expectancy Among Americans | naked capitalism
Lambert here: Everything’s going according to plan. By Amy Maxmen, public health local editor and correspondent, was a senior reporter at Nature covering health inequities, global health, infectious diseases, and…
After “Gulf of America” Rebranding, Will Trump Admin Set Its Sights on Mexico’s Oil and Gas? | naked capitalism
What’s in a simple name change? It seems like potentially quite a lot. Mexico is one of the countries most exposed to the potential economic and political fallout from Donald…
Federal Threats Against Local Officials Who Don’t Cooperate with Immigration Orders Could Be Unconstitutional − Justice Antonin Scalia Ruled Against Similar Plans | naked capitalism
Yves here. Trump’s anti-immigration push may be hoist, or at least impeded, by a Republican favorite, the states’ rights petard. Among other examples, Trump seems perfectly content to let states…
What France Loses by Closing Its Military Bases in Africa | naked capitalism
Yves here. In the unlikely event that the Trump Administration decides to shrink the number of US bases a tad, even if more to placate MAGA backers or to free…
A Trump Pivot Away From Europe? Not So Fast: The Plunder Is Too Lucrative for American Plutocrats | naked capitalism
As the Trump 2.0 administration takes off, it looks like he’s only doubling down on US efforts to plunder Europe despite his campaign talk about getting out of Ukraine and…
New York Times Defends Mexican Cartels Because US Economy | naked capitalism
Seriously, you cannot make this stuff up. I managed to miss this New York Times article last week thanks to the barrage of Trump edicts and the furor about them:…