Lambert here: Bad data wherever you look. By Chris May, a journalist based in Washington, D.C. His reporting focuses on monopoly power, the Anthropocene, and public policy. Originally published at…
Yves here. Some rousing weekend listening! Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are launching a bi-weekly talk show, Geopolitical Economy Hour. The opening segment gives an overview, starting with the breakdown…
Yves here. Some cheery news. The same way some institutions are too big to fail, others are too important to kill. Libraries still have strong popular support despite big money…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Readers, happy Friday the Thirteenth! Bird Song of the Day Snowy-throated Kingbird, Santuario Historico Bosque de Pómac–Ruta de la Cortarrama, Lambayeque, Peru. And I hope…
Yves here. The Los Angeles Police Department has a long-standing, very bad relationship with the community, particularly the black community. Even though this story indicates a suspect decided to leave…
Yves here. This Strategic Petroleum Reserve fiasco demonstrates that wishful thinking is not a strategy. But PowerPoint lovers believe otherwise. Keep in mind the 180 million barrels that may never…
Male and female gibbons sing duets in time with each other New Scientist This wildlife rehabilitator rescued over 1,600 bats during Houston cold snap CNN Emergency Prices (interview) The Polycrisis.…
“Discovery” of multi-billion dollar “inconsistencies” on Brazilian retail giant’s balance sheet is a timely reminder of the risks posed by supply chain finance, especially in a heavily weakened business environment…
I can see the future. The odds are very high that SBF will still be in it. It was a reasonable assumption to think that now that SBF had been…
Yves here. Even though we’ve linked before to stories on hunger in the military, the extent of food insecurity is stunning, particularly in contrast to egregious defense contracting pork. And…