2:00PM Water Cooler 10/3/2022 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, I have been very busy kicking CDC’s twitching corpse, and so I must beg your indulgence with an open thread. Talk amongst yourselves!…
Links 10/4/22 | naked capitalism
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
Nobody Cares About The Labour Files | naked capitalism
By John McGregor, a translator and political violence researcher In late September, Al Jazeera’s investigative unit released a documentary series called the Labour Files. This in-depth investigation is based on…
A Tale of Tier 3 Cities in China | naked capitalism
By Kenneth Rogoff, Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics Harvard University. Originally published at VoxEU. After decades of building at a breakneck pace, the stock…
Hurricane Ian Capped Two Weeks of Extreme Storms: How Climate Change Fuels Tropical Cyclones | naked capitalism
By Mathew Barlow, Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell, and Suzana J. Camargo, Lamont Research Professor of Ocean and Climate Physics, Columbia University. Republished from Alternet. When Hurricane Ian hit…
Oil Traders Are Cashing In on Volatile Markets | naked capitalism
John here. This piece examines another set of corporate beneficiaries of the crises of COVID-19 and the conflict in Ukraine: oil traders. As Kimani notes, this isn’t just independent traders,…
Pressure Rises on Von Der Leyen, As Pfizer CEO Backs Out of Testifying to EU Parliament Covid Panel | naked capitalism
“After von der Leyen’s silence, Bourla had the opportunity to set the record straight in the European Parliament, but he preferred to slip away. Why all these secrets? What do…
The Aerodynamics of Velvet: What Humans Can Learn from Owls | naked capitalism
Lambert here: And now for something completely different…. By Jackie Higgins, who has worked for Oxford Scientific Films for over a decade, along with National Geographic, PBS Nova, and the…
Links 10/3/22 | naked capitalism
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
The Inevitable Financial Crisis | naked capitalism
Like a traveler sailing the Archipelago who sees the luminous mists lift toward evening, and little by little makes out the shore, I begin to discern the profile of my…