Why Regulators Can’t Curb Social Media Hype for Weight Loss Drugs | naked capitalism
Yves here. This post is from last week, but as someone who was once fat and has gone to great effort reverse that, I can relate to how hard it…
Global Shipping Is Under Pressure to Stop Its Heavy Fuel Oil Use Fast – That’s Not Simple, but Changes Are Coming | naked capitalism
Yves here. Perhaps I am too much of a “glass half full” type, but I find initiatives like this to be extremely frustrating. Yes, global shipping is a huge cause…
Philip Zelikow and the Covid Crisis Group’s “Lessons from a Covid War”: A Pre-Review | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. The Covid Crisis Group (CCG), chaired, or as we say these days, “led,” by former 9/11 Executive Director Philip Zelikow, is launching their book, Lessons…
Links 4/24/2023 | naked capitalism
How Saxophonist Jimmy Giuffre Taught Me Organizational Theory The Honest Broker The Overwhelming Case for CBDCs Willem Buiter, Project Syndicate Return to pandemic hunger levels could signal economic fragility Reuters…
War, What Is It Good For? | naked capitalism
By Tom Engelhardt. Originally published at Tom Dispatch. I was born on July 20, 1944, amid a vast global conflict already known as World War II. Though it ended with…
How Strong Is the Economy?
CNBC, describing the results of a survey it has been conducting since 2006, reported the following last week: “A record 69 percent of the public holds negative views about the…
Berenson: Moderna Falsely Said No Serious Adverse Vaccine Effects in Phase 2 Trial; Their Own Data Says Otherwise | naked capitalism
Investigative reporter Alex Berenson is a controversial source on matters Covid. He generally hews to Great Barrington Declaration views, that Covid is not a serious pathogen, that the lockdown were…
The New Mortgage Fee Structure | naked capitalism
Yves here. The mortgage guarantee giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are implementing changes to their fee structure starting May 1 which crudely speaking increase fees for high credit score…
Why You Should Never Use an AI for Advice about Your Health, Especially Covid | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis vidi in ampulla pendere… I certainly wasn’t going to give OpenAI my phone number in order to…
Amex Customers – Above-Average-Income Consumers – Are Spending like Drunken Sailors, incl. on Travel & Restaurants | naked capitalism
Lambert here: Carpe diem…. By Wolf Richter, editor of Wolf Street. Originally published at Wolf Street. They’re the Big Spenders, they can move the needle. Millennials and Gen Z-ers are…