Meet the Cats Who Roam Rikers Island | naked capitalism
Yves here. It seemed a change in programming might be welcome. So Rikers cats! In all seriousness, the prison cat-carer below hopes to turn her efforts into a training program…
“In 2025, States Will Flip the Script on Taxes to Make the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share” | naked capitalism
Yves here. While the intent of the State Revenue Alliance, to increase state taxes on the very rich, is estimable, the post below suggests that despite putting a lot of…
Beware the Faux Populism of Corporate Democrats | naked capitalism
Yves here. This piece sets out the plight of what next for Democrats in class warfare terms, which is a useful frame. I am not even sure, however, that many…
Links 1/10/2025 | naked capitalism
Turkish chef recreates 8,600-year-old Neolithic bread Anadolu Agenvy On Moss, Rock, Lichen, and Survival Buttondown California Burning LA wildfires mapped: Palisades and Eaton blazes now cover nearly 30,000 acres Independent.…
Polish Foreign Minister Worries that Musk Will Successfully Undermine Ruling Liberal Party in Upcoming Elections; Is Another Romania-Style Election Nullification Possible? | naked capitalism
Yves here. The ruling Polish leadership is apparently worried that Musk will soon turn his attention to Poland’s upcoming May elections after he roughs up and perhaps even routs the…
UK Economy Falters as Pound Sterling Continues to Slide | naked capitalism
Yves here. With too much Trump-generated furor, we’ve managed to skip over a potentially important development, that of a possible slow-motion currency crisis/bond market temper tantrum in the UK. To…
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/9/2025 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, I am now going to take a nap. Enjoy! Bird Song of the Day Brown Thrasher, Theodore Roosevelt National Park – Upper Talkington…
China’s Government Bond Market Sounding Loud Deflationary Alarm. Is the Japanification China Has Warded Off Finally Arriving? | naked capitalism
Western economists and financiers have so regularly predicted a crash or zombification outcome to China’s spectacular run of growth that it’s too easy to dismiss stories about deflation risk as…
Links 1/9/2025 | naked capitalism
How Multitasking Drains Your Brain MIT Press Calfornia Burning Space satellites track astonishing expansion of deadly California wildfires FOX. The video: In maps: Thousands of acres on fire in LA…
This Week’s Unholy Mix of Drought, Wind, and Fire in Southern California: A Warning of an Accelerating Insurance Crisis in Climate-Risk Areas? | naked capitalism
Yves here. We are posting below on an overview of the massive Pacific Palisades and environs fires. Even though there have been quite a few climate-change-related disasters, such as more…