Links 7/17/2023 | naked capitalism
What to know about Louisiana’s newest invasive fish Axios New Orleans. No opposable thumbs? Good. Huge granite ‘body’ on far side of the moon offers clues to ancient lunar volcanoes…
How Federal Law Can Protect All Workers on Sweltering Summer Days | naked capitalism
By Tom Conway, the international president of the United Steelworkers Union (USW). This article was produced by the Independent Media Institute. The heat index soared to 111 degrees in Houston, Texas, but…
Recork the Champagne: Sweden’s NATO Accession Deal With Turkiye Still Faces Hurdles | naked capitalism
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave NATO the public relations boost it so desperately wanted during the Vilnius summit. First, he released the neo-Nazi Azov commanders back to Ukraine in…
Empty Office Spaces Can Be Converted to Residential Buildings – But It Won’t Be Affordable | naked capitalism
Conor here: It’s unfortunate the authors don’t put a price tag on what they deem unaffordable. I was curious how it would compare to the $80-plus billion and counting the…
What Is Happening to the Cats of Cyprus? | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. You’ve seen the horrifying headlines: Feline coronavirus kills 300,000 cats in Cyprus – and many more could die if the strain reaches Britain Daily Mail…
Interview: The Ethical Puzzle of Sentient AI | naked capitalism
Lambert here: What ethical puzzle? A sentient AI is a slave. That’s one of the many reasons our ruling class is in love with the concept. By Dan Falk, a…
Colonialism or Sovereignty? How the Global Financial System Traps Countries in Debt | naked capitalism
Yves here. Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, and Ann Pettifor continue their discussion of the third world debt crisis, its similarities to and difference from the 1980s debt crisis, and how…
The Origins of the Investment Theory of Party Competition | naked capitalism
Yves here. The anodyne title does a disservice to an intriguing piece, which discusses how political scientist Tom Ferguson came to be the first who broke in a major way…
This Week in Long Covid: Nature Fires Salvo of Four Major Papers | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Science is popping! Nature’s editors[1] and reviewers must have had quite at time doing all these papers more or less at once. And it’s certainly…
When Artificial Intelligence Becomes a Central Banker | naked capitalism
Lambert here: Please, no. Jon Danielsson. Director, Systemic Risk Centre London School Of Economics And Political Science. Originally published at VoxEU. Artificial intelligence is expected to be widely used by…