2:00PM Water Cooler 2/17/2023 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day In honor of the tool-using Cockatoo: Gang-gang Cockatoo, Rail Trail, Launching Place Swamp, Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia. The cockatoo is…
Asking the Oppressed to Be Nonviolent Is an Impossible Standard That Ignores History | naked capitalism
Yves here. It may well be that the circumstances where nonviolent protest can succeed are more limited than Gandhi and Martin Luther King fans would have you believe. Getting a…
Sturgeon’s Departure Doesn’t Solve Scotland’s Problems | naked capitalism
Yves here. The sudden implosion of Nicola Sturgeon and its implications for the Scottish National Party are important in and of itself and as a reference point for the US.…
Why a Strong Economy Is Making Stock Investors Jittery
After stocks jumped more than 6 percent in January, the tone shifted markedly this week as a steady flow of data showed the economy continued to run hot.
Is Switzerland About to Become First Country to Outlaw a Cashless Society? | naked capitalism
As in neighboring Germany and Austria, cash is still king in Switzerland albeit a much diminished one. But the Swiss will soon have the chance to vote on whether to…
‘Absolute Hypocrisy’: GOP Unveils Bill to Make Trump Tax Cuts Permanent While Howling About Debt | naked capitalism
Yves here. Republicans know full well that in the US, tax cuts are a ratchet (and a racket): only at best moderately hard to implement, extremely difficult to roll back.…
“Why Jon Stewart Should Run for President” | naked capitalism
Yves here. I don’t mean to be mean to Tom Neuburger, but this post gives the strong impression of overexposure to PMC/blue cities types. First, I don’t even remotely see…
The Presentation of Video Evidence in Court Can Hold Sway in Cases Like the Beating Death of Tyre Nichols | naked capitalism
Yves here. Some of the in-depth accounts of the George Floyd trial described the way the prosecutors put great effort into how to use the videos of his death by…
Reuters was first to report that Indian refiners pay traders in dirhams for Russian oil – Reuters News Agency
Business & FinanceEconomy 03 February 2023, 6:03 pm. 1 minute By Reuters News Agency Reuters was first to report that Indian refiners have begun paying for most of their Russian…
Iran And Russia Strengthen Military Ties With New Weapons Deals | naked capitalism
Yves here. Perhaps informed readers will deem otherwise, but the article posted below struck me as an an evenhanded account, by Western standards, of a step forward in the relationship…