It’s Harris’s Race to Lose… | naked capitalism
Conor here: A quote comes to mind. “How many more of these stinking, double-downer sideshows will we have to go through before we can get ourselves straight enough to put…
What Would a Real Renewable Energy Transition Look Like? | naked capitalism
By Richard Heinberg, a senior fellow at the Post Carbon Institute and the author of Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival. This article was produced by the Earth Food…
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/30/2024 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Common Nightingale, Rio Gilão–Ponte de São Domingues, Tavira, Faro, Portugal. Come, hoatzin, come, the game is afoot: A bit of…
Links 10/30/2024 | naked capitalism
My Beloved Monster by Caleb Carr review – when a cat saves your life Guardian Louisiana students who solved the Pythagorean theorem discover nine more solutions to it Times-Picayune Climate…
Obesity: Sociogenic Disease and the Next Generation of Blockbuster Drugs | naked capitalism
KLG here: Drugs known as GLP-1 Receptor Agonists (GLP-1RAs) – Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy and others – are the next big thing for Big Pharma and Big Medicine. These drugs lead…
As German Industry Implodes, Country’s Wealthiest Make Out Like Bandits | naked capitalism
“An industrial economy’s decline usually provides a grab bag of opportunities for financial predators and vulture funds.” – Michael Hudson, “The Destiny of Civilization” And so it goes in Germany…
Hydrogen Stocks Crash as Hype Faces Reality Check | naked capitalism
Conor here: More bad news for Europe — and especially Germany — which bet big on this boondoggle to supply energy for sectors where electrification is not an option, such…
Big Lies and Little Progress: Reviewing Four Years of Biden National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s “Foreign Policy for the Middle Class” | naked capitalism
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, singer of cover songs in Ukraine Nazi bars and overseer of genocide, got a jump start on the Biden administration obituaries with his recent…
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Projects Are Foundering in Five-Eye Nations. What Gives? | naked capitalism
Canada and Australia shelve plans for retail CBDCs while the US could soon become the first country to explicitly ban the central bank from issuing a CBDC. As we…
Europe Is Not Prepared for the Looming Lebanese Refugee Crisis | naked capitalism
Conor here: I don’t understand why this is so hard. If Europe doesn’t want or is unprepared for so many refugees, it should stop with the destruction of societies in…