Yves here. A compelling report by British actuaries warns that the economic impact of climate change is far more severe than most economists forecast, with a 50% of GDP reduction…
Yves here. This post documents the role that rising levels of immigration played in labor organizing in the US. As you’ll see below, at a local level, it increased the…
Yves here. With Hair Furore pre-inauguration furor getting more intense, perhaps another break from reguar programming is in order. However, to be a stickler, “forgotten farming technique” is clearly a…
How a major bank cheated its customers out of $2 billion, according to a new federal lawsuit Popular Information Founder of muckraking financial information firm Hindenburg Research calls it quits…
Because we are now in the midsts of what Lambert likes to call an overly dynamic situation, this post will be comparatively brief. As most of you know already, there…
Yves here. In a discussion of five recent books on the Federal Reserve, James Galbraith covers a very wide terrain, which results in this essay consisting more of intriguing vignettes…
Yves here. Rajiv Sethi discusses how Bluesky subscribers are allowed not only allowed to mass ban followers of a member, but also a feature that amounts to more “guilty by…
The Western press and puditocracy have done a brilliant job of enforcing the Bush and now default US position, “You’re with us or you’re against us.” So it seems necessary…
Yves here. KLG probes what MAHA seems to mean in the public’s mind and in practice, and starts with a key text: Good Energy by Casey Means. Sadly, it’s a…
Yves here. For your delectation, yet another piece from diehard neocon Simon Watkins. If nothing else, he’s a useful of indictor of a hawkish flavor or orthodox thinking. And he…