Amazon Inside Job? Phishing for Government ID | naked capitalism
The end of this post displays an e-mail I received while on the phone with Amazon trying to get a refund completed. As will become apparent, it is hard to…
Inflation Re-Accelerates Despite Plunging Gasoline Prices as “Core Services” PCE Price Index Hits 7-Month High | naked capitalism
Yves here. Even before Trump’s price-goosing tariffs are at risk of coming into play, key inflation metrics are going the wrong way. By Wolf Richter, editor at Wolf Street. Originally…
Can Desalination Quench Agriculture’s Thirst? | naked capitalism
Yves here. Perhaps I am a too much of a Luddite, but the search for more “affordable” forms of desalination to make brackish water in aquifers usable for crops seems…
Taxpayers Spend 22% More Per Patient to Support Medicare Advantage – The Private Alternative to Medicare That Promised to Cost Less | naked capitalism
Yves here. This article delivers a damning finding, that Medicare Advantage grotesquely fails to deliver on its claim of being cheaper to the Federal government than traditional Medicare. Of course,…
In high-wage Germany, VW’s labour costs outstrip the competition | Reuters News Agency
Business & Finance 20 November 2024, 11:48 am 1 minute By Reuters News Agency As Volkswagen and unions gear up for the next round of talks over wages and plant…
Links 11/27/2024 | naked capitalism
The world’s oldest Douglas fir trees have lived over 1,000 years FOX How the Ancient Sumerians Created the World’s First Writing System Literary Hub Climate Plankton may not survive global…
EU Nears Finish Line on Trade Deal With South American Bloc in an Effort to Deal Blow to China | naked capitalism
The French at least are making their opposition to the proposed EU-Mercosur trade deal abundantly clear, and for once French President and World Economic Forum lackey Emmanuel Macron is listening.…
How Trump Attorney General Pick Pam Bondi Did Favors for Donors and Gift-Givers in Florida | naked capitalism
Yves here. As regular readers know, we found plenty of material on Pam Bondi’s willingness to favor monied interests over that of the public at large in our archives and…
Monetary Policy in Response to Tariff Shocks | naked capitalism
Yves here. This post discusses the widespread assumption that if Trump moves forward with his plan to impose across-the-board tariffs on America’s three biggest trade partners, that will be inflationary…
Thanksgiving Holiday Schedule | naked capitalism
We will be on a lighter publication schedule through next Monday, December 2. We may be a post light today, Wednesday, depending on news flow, and will have only three…