US economy likely created 200,000 new jobs in July
The American economy has generated at least 200,000 new jobs for a record 30 straight months. And the streak likely continued into July. But just barely. (Aug. 4) (AP Video…
Science Versus Scientism in Real Life: Where Do We Go from Here? | naked capitalism
Scientism, sadly, has become a serious problem in public policy and even in science proper (consider demands for proof via RCT in medical circles even when RCTs would be a…
Energy Destinies – Part 8: Pathways | naked capitalism
Yves here. In his penultimate post in his series on the prospects for success in moving to new energy sources, Satyajit Das noted that most green energy programs assumed energy…
French Invasion of Niger Could Turn into All-Out Franco-African War | naked capitalism
Yves here. I am road testing the site InfoBrics with readers via this post on Niger. It has been sending me candidates for republication for a while. The site is…
As the Ukraine War Drags On, It’s Time to Reassess the Impacts of Sanctions | naked capitalism
Yves here. I trust readers will look past the tired and demonstrably inaccurate Russia-denegrating-tropes-as-asides1 about the kinetic war, where Medhora has no expertise, to what amount to admissions against interest…
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/2/2023 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, I got a late start due to a household emergency, so this is a little thin. More shortly. –lambert Bird Song of the…
Government Health Financing for All, Not Insurance | naked capitalism
Yves here. This post by By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Nazihah Noor is aimed mainly at policymakers in developing countries, and should put Americans to shame. The authors explain why…
The Bizarre and Widely Disparaged Fitch Downgrade of US Government Debt to AA+ | naked capitalism
Fitch shot a rocket at Treasuries that turned out to be a dud, in the form of its downgrade of US debt from AAA to AA+. This leaves Moodys alone…
Two Overlapping Takes on Inflation | naked capitalism
Yves here. I’m taking the unusual step of publishing two not-too-long cross posts because the commonalities and differences in analysis and conclusions might be illuminating to readers. These two pieces,…
Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Nuclear-Industrial Complex | naked capitalism
Yves here. Although this post is a pretty comprehensive takedown of the movie Oppenheimer via pointing out numerous critical omissions, like how horrifically destructive nuclear blasts are, your humble blogger…