How Do We Get Competent Politicians? | naked capitalism
Conor here: Richard Murphy highlights a problem across most of the “rules-based order” world. What do readers think? If you look at the upward flow of wealth in recent decades,…
Meditation and Mindfulness at Work Are Welcome, but Do They Help Avoid Accountability for Toxic Culture? | naked capitalism
Yves here. I hate to be a curmudgeon, but people’s private practices are and should remain their own business. And I take a dimmer view of companies trying to promote…
California Blesses Political Donors’ Strategy to ‘Multiply Their Influence’ | naked capitalism
Conor here: The 2026 and 2028 to see who can deliver more for the oligarchs for Congress and the presidency are underway. Democrats of course don’t have any problem with…
Migrant Vendors Park Carts as Their American Dreams Slip Away | naked capitalism
Yves here. Many readers pointed out that going after employers of undocumented migrant workers would be a way to tackle one of the underlying objections to “illegals”: that these businesses…
Book Bans | naked capitalism
Yves here. This post, in analytical value, falls into the “History never repeats itself but it rhymes” category. It looks at a book ban campaign in China to see its…
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/31/2025 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether. Bird Song of the Day Brown Thrasher, Seagate Park, 4926 West Blvd, Naples US-FL 26.20687, -81.80395, Collier, Florida, United States. For grins, I put the coordinates into…
Kelp Farming Isn’t As Green As It Seems | naked capitalism
Yves here. I do try to keep up, but I must confess to not having heard of kelp cultivation as a carbon capture strategy. I had assumed the article would…
How Climate Change and Widespread Unaffordable Home Insurance Will Wreck Property Values | naked capitalism
As with the odds of success of the West against Russia in Ukraine or America in a military contest with China, there’s rampant denial of the impact of climate change…
Links 1/31/2025 | naked capitalism
Swiss court to rule on landmark Trafigura corruption case Reuters Hedge fund Elliott warns White House is inflating crypto bubble that ‘could wreak havoc’ FT Tennessee GOP passes immigration law…
What Mass Deportations Would Do to New York City’s Economy
If the threatened mass deportations were enacted, Ms. Eisner explained, the construction industry would not, in the short term, be able to replace the lost workers. “Right now, we’re in…