Yves here. As many Naked Capitalism know well, the Democratic party has become the instrument of the professional managerial class and the tech/financial elites. The idea that it would take…
Yves here. This theAnalysis.news interview with Michael Hudson, using his new book, The Collapse of Antiquity, as a foundation, focuses on how the early Greece and Roman governments were debtor-friendly…
Yves here. Both my parents were born just before the Depression. I therefore had their deep disapproval of waste, particularly of food, drilled into me. For instance, when I lived…
Yves here. At the risk of revealing ignorance about UK politics, I was under the impression that Labour purging, or at least marginalizing, the left, has been going on since…
Ajay Banga, in his former senior executive roles at Mastercard, waged a decade-long “war on cash.” Under his tenure, the company did more than just about any other to demonise…
We keep reminding readers that the plural of anecdote is not data. However, we’ve just had two of two shippings go very badly awry, to the tune of >$1000 in…
Yves here. This interview with Professor Youba Sokona, Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, gives great insight into how well received (not!) the efforts of the US and…
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Yves here. The raft of leaks of presumed-authentic highly classified US documents has produced a fair bit of commentary, even in normally gung ho outlets like the New York Times,…