Category: Economy

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Welcome to the Naked Capitalism live blog for Election Day 2024. I’m not sure what I can say that has not already been said, so…

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. ★ ★ ★ Election Eve Live Blog Tonite ★ ★ ★ Doors Open 7:00PM ET Bird Song of the Day Northern Mockingbird, Bay Creek Nature…

Yves here. Thomas Neuburger ruminates on Ryan Grim’s election predictions. The big takeaway is neither Trump nor Harris would be able to do any where near as much as their…

By Bruno Baránek, who holds a PhD in Economics from Princeton University, and Vitezslav Titl, an Assistant Professor of Law & Economics at Utrecht University School of Economics. Originally published…

While Starmer’s government is trying to expand the powers of the British State, it is using powers it already has — namely anti-terrorism laws — to arrest and intimidate pro-Palestinian…

Yves here. This post provides a much-needed departure from a lot of election-eve commentary. It focuses on root causes of American discontent and strife, which is inequality and rising economic…

Yves here. Most Western governments like to pretend that that they are not in the business of industrial policy. In fact, they clearly are, in the form of numerous subsidies,…

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Yes, I will do an election night live blog tomorrow! –lambert Bird Song of the Day Returning to the Northern Mockingbirds. Love the binomial: Mimus…

Why is an Ecuador forest petitioning for the rights to a song? Al Jazeera Invasive mussel found in North America for first time, posing immediate threat in California’s Delta LA…

And the Europeans are helping them do it. The Dutch government repeatedly goes along with demands from Washington that ASML, the most advanced chip making machinery company in the world,…