2:00PM Water Cooler 7/31/2023 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Western Meadowlark, Wind Cave National Park; SD Route 87; mile marker 47, Custer, South Dakota, United States. Two adult male…
Artificial Intelligence and Jobs: Evidence from Europe | naked capitalism
By Stefania Albanesi, Research Associate at National Bureau Of Economic Research (NBER), Professor of Economics at University Of Pittsburgh, Antonio Dias da Silva, Principal Economist at European Central Bank, Juan…
Gonzalo Lira Reports Torture in Ukraine Prison, Extortion, Inevitable Conviction with Sentence of 5 to 8 Years in Labor Camp | naked capitalism
Gonzalo Lira is alive, as the videos embedded below and a fresh 25-entry tweetstorm attest. However, he has a very ugly story to report. He was detained and repeatedly tortured…
The World’s Most Indebted Oil Company, Pemex, Is In Serious Trouble (Or So We Are Told) | naked capitalism
At the beginning of July, the AMLO government’s biggest bet on energy self-sufficiency — the Dos Bocas refinery in Tabasco — began processing crude oil. But since then, things have…
Be Aware: Someone Could Steal Your Medical Records and Bill You for Their Care | naked capitalism
Yves here. I am bothered that this article describes the risk of exposure to medical identity theft but suggest remedies only after the victim sees evidence of a breach. A…
Project NextGen: Biden Administration Doubles Down on Vax-Only, Boosts Profit over Public Health | naked capitalism
The New England Journal of Medicine recently published “Project NextGen — Defeating SARS-CoV-2 and Preparing for the Next Pandemic,” by Xavier Becerra, and Ashish Jha, a “Perspective” so shallow it’s…
Links 7/31/2023 | naked capitalism
Banished to a Remote Idaho Valley, Beavers Created a Lush Wetland YaleEnvironment360. For “ecological engineers,” see here, here, here, and here. Trucking Giant Yellow Shuts Down Operations WSJ NTSB: ‘Poor…
Going on a Big Energy Diet: Will the Status of Women Be a Casualty? | naked capitalism
Warning: this post is speculative, since no one yet seems to have thought much about the headline issue. But having come of age in the US at the time when…
Heat Is Costing the U.S. Economy Billions in Lost Productivity
As much of the United States swelters under record heat, Amazon drivers and warehouse workers have gone on strike in part to protest working conditions that can exceed 100 degrees…
Explaining China’s & India’s Reported Differences Over Expanding BRICS | naked capitalism
Yves here. This post by Andrew Korybko is a follow on of sorts to the first piece of his we published at Naked Capitalism. That was on a key bit…