Why Interest Rate Rises Are Fueling Inflation | naked capitalism
Yves here. Richard Murphy presents a provocative analysis on the role of interest rates in inflation. I’m not convinced, since I assume most businesses try to have a fair bit…
Higher Minimum Wages and Mixed Effects on Health | naked capitalism
Yves here. Readers had fun yesterday shellacking an article that argued that war spending, in particular on the Ukraine misadventure, was good for growth. The piece today questions a recent…
Is A New Housing Crisis Brewing in Spain? | naked capitalism
Spain is one of the European economies that was hardest hit by the COVID-19 virus crisis, in part because of its huge dependence on tourism. In fact, according to figures…
Links 6/23/2023 | naked capitalism
Summer solstice 2023 marks longest day in the Northern Hemisphere as Earth’s seasons change Space.com. A bit late on the solstice, but I like this photo: Tokyo residents find comfort…
Deadly Fungus Infections Rising Even as Doctors Keep Missing Them | naked capitalism
We are running this post as a public service announcement of sorts. The short version is if you have an infection that does not respond to antibiotics, immediately and loudly…
ER Doctor: “Private Equity in Medicine is Dangerous to Patients” | naked capitalism
Yves here. We’ve been amplifying the considerable work of Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt on the way that private equity controls big swathes of hospital operations to their profit and…
Energy Destinies – Part 2: Renewable Energy – Character Shortcomings | naked capitalism
Yves here. Welcome Satyajit Das as he continues his in-depth examination of what it would take to reach a much-ballyhooed green energy future. Many of you were keen about his…
Thus We Fall: June Temperature Spike Confirms Dire Climate Change Forecasts | naked capitalism
Yves here. While climate change skeptics might try tired “a single robin does not make a spring” sort of arguments, we’ve seen an awful lot of robins. The latest could…
A Majority Of Americans Are Against Banning Gas Stoves | naked capitalism
Yves here. One of my conservative friends gets extremely agitated on the topic of a gas stove ban. She fulminates that the stereotypical CNN/MSNBC watcher who supports this restriction eats…
Drugmakers Are Abandoning Cheap Generics, and Now US Cancer Patients Can’t Get Meds | naked capitalism
Yves here. Evidence is mounting that the US and other advanced economies are failing to provide adequate levels of what have come to be considered essential services, like reliable power,…