2:00PM Water Cooler 10/30/2024 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Common Nightingale, Rio Gilão–Ponte de São Domingues, Tavira, Faro, Portugal. Come, hoatzin, come, the game is afoot: A bit of…
Links 10/30/2024 | naked capitalism
My Beloved Monster by Caleb Carr review – when a cat saves your life Guardian Louisiana students who solved the Pythagorean theorem discover nine more solutions to it Times-Picayune Climate…
Obesity: Sociogenic Disease and the Next Generation of Blockbuster Drugs | naked capitalism
KLG here: Drugs known as GLP-1 Receptor Agonists (GLP-1RAs) – Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy and others – are the next big thing for Big Pharma and Big Medicine. These drugs lead…
As German Industry Implodes, Country’s Wealthiest Make Out Like Bandits | naked capitalism
“An industrial economy’s decline usually provides a grab bag of opportunities for financial predators and vulture funds.” – Michael Hudson, “The Destiny of Civilization” And so it goes in Germany…
Hydrogen Stocks Crash as Hype Faces Reality Check | naked capitalism
Conor here: More bad news for Europe — and especially Germany — which bet big on this boondoggle to supply energy for sectors where electrification is not an option, such…
Big Lies and Little Progress: Reviewing Four Years of Biden National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s “Foreign Policy for the Middle Class” | naked capitalism
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, singer of cover songs in Ukraine Nazi bars and overseer of genocide, got a jump start on the Biden administration obituaries with his recent…
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Projects Are Foundering in Five-Eye Nations. What Gives? | naked capitalism
Canada and Australia shelve plans for retail CBDCs while the US could soon become the first country to explicitly ban the central bank from issuing a CBDC. As we…
Europe Is Not Prepared for the Looming Lebanese Refugee Crisis | naked capitalism
Conor here: I don’t understand why this is so hard. If Europe doesn’t want or is unprepared for so many refugees, it should stop with the destruction of societies in…
Democrat War Games: Could They Try for a Color Revolution After a Trump Victory? | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. “At what point shall we expect the approach of danger?” –Abraham Lincoln, The Lyceum Address Here is the current EC status from 270toWin (which nets…
What Financial Markets Say About the Economic Implications of a Potential Trump Election Victory | naked capitalism
By Sören Karau, senior economist in the economics department (Balance of Payments, Exchange Rates and Capital Markets Analysis) at the Deutsche Bundesbank, and Johannes Fischer. an economist in the economics…