Links 1/16/2024 | naked capitalism
How a major bank cheated its customers out of $2 billion, according to a new federal lawsuit Popular Information Founder of muckraking financial information firm Hindenburg Research calls it quits…
Gaza Ceasefire Deal Still Not Approved by Knesset. And Why Should the World Trust Israel to Comply if So? | naked capitalism
Because we are now in the midsts of what Lambert likes to call an overly dynamic situation, this post will be comparatively brief. As most of you know already, there…
James Galbraith: How the Fed Became Less Powerful Despite Weakened Congressional Oversight | naked capitalism
Yves here. In a discussion of five recent books on the Federal Reserve, James Galbraith covers a very wide terrain, which results in this essay consisting more of intriguing vignettes…
Bluesky: Exit, Voice, and Platform Loyalty | naked capitalism
Yves here. Rajiv Sethi discusses how Bluesky subscribers are allowed not only allowed to mass ban followers of a member, but also a feature that amounts to more “guilty by…
Wanting More for BRICS Than BRICS Wants for Itself | naked capitalism
The Western press and puditocracy have done a brilliant job of enforcing the Bush and now default US position, “You’re with us or you’re against us.” So it seems necessary…
Make America Healthy Again: Is MAHA a Trope or a Movement? | naked capitalism
Yves here. KLG probes what MAHA seems to mean in the public’s mind and in practice, and starts with a key text: Good Energy by Casey Means. Sadly, it’s a…
U.S. Sanctions on China’s Oil Firms Are Just the Beginning Under Trump | naked capitalism
Yves here. For your delectation, yet another piece from diehard neocon Simon Watkins. If nothing else, he’s a useful of indictor of a hawkish flavor or orthodox thinking. And he…
Trump’s HUD Secretary and Our Reverse Robin Hood Housing System | naked capitalism
Yves here. Trump’s success in creating the appearance that he will break a lot of china means there’s a lot of alarm about high profile threatened changes, from ones that…
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/14/2025 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Brown Thrasher, Wannagan Creek Cabin area, Billings, North Dakota, United States. In Case You Might Miss… Trump transition confirmation process.…
Even in Switzerland’s Direct Democracy, There Is Little Room for Public Choice on Digital Identity | naked capitalism
After two-thirds of Swiss voters rejected the government’s proposed e-ID system in 2021, a slightly revamped “Digital Passport Act (E-ID Act)” is back on the political agenda. In March 2021,…