Links 1/5/2023 | naked capitalism
Thor’s incredible 3,000-mile journey: How celebrity walrus named after Norse god swam from his Arctic home to the shores of north Europe – before heading back after UK New Year…
Ukraine and Russia: Waiting for the Next Phase? | naked capitalism
Because Russia made some big-arrow moves across Ukraine early in the war, and did quickly bring Ukraine to the negotiable, a lot of arm chair generals have become very impatient…
‘It’s Not Either/Or’ — Population and Consumption in the Climate Solutions Debate | naked capitalism
Yves here. While this post is a helpful first pass at a thorny topic, there are a lot more layers to the question of the role of population reduction as…
Congressional Amendment Opens Floodgates for War Profiteers and a Major Ground War on Russia | naked capitalism
Yves here. Sadly, the fact that arms merchants have already made out like bandits from the Ukraine war has emboldened them to seek even more. But this is stunning. An…
As Gig Economy Grows, Its Toll on Workers Mounts | naked capitalism
By Conor Gallagher The Biden Labor Department released a proposal on Oct. 11 that could force regulators and courts to reclassify gig workers as employees rather than independent contractors. The…
When Marshal Kutuzov Joins General Winter and General Surovikin, What Happens Next on the Front | naked capitalism
Yves here. This post by John Helmer underscores the degree to which Russia approaches war differently than the West. Despite the micro focus and emotion-button-pushing of some Russian commentators, a,…
COP27 Fiddling as World Warms | naked capitalism
By Adnan A Hezri, an environmental policy analyst, Fellow of the Academy of Sciences, Malaysia, and author of The Sustainability Shift: Reshaping Malaysia’s Future and Jomo Kwame Sundaram, former UN Assistant Secretary…
China Is Making More Big Moves in Latin America | naked capitalism
What happens when one of Latin America’s smaller economies, on the US doorstep, decides to throw its lot in with China? It looks like we are about to see. Two…
Wilkerson on Militarism and Regrets About Iraq War | naked capitalism
Yves here. Even as the US has made American soldiers and reservists make more sacrifices through extended tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, it seems that the cost of…
Book Review: The Surpisingly Imprecise History of Measurement | naked capitalism
Yves here. How about a break from news watching with a bit of intellectual fare, here the often slipshod development of measurement: how things that seem to us simple actually…