Strong claims require strong proof. Yet new preprint on Covid is making the rounds, amplified by no less than the Economist. This pape and attempts show that Covid must have…
Yves here. It might be easy to dismiss the run-around Nick Turse has gotten in trying to obtain basic information about the US military presence in Africa, namely the number…
Speaker Pelosi destroying the myth that Democrats have only been talking about abortion and not the economy. Video of Pelosi on Face The Nation: [embedded content] Pelosi said when she…
Lambert here: Here at Naked Capitalism, “toxic positivity” is not problem. But in case you ever encounter it…. By Nicole Karlis, an Oakland-based staff writer at Salon, where she writes…
Economy 12 October 2022, 7:17 pm. 1 minute By Reuters News Agency Reuters first reported that European Central Bank (ECB) policy-makers are closing in on a rule preventing commercial banks from making…
Yves here. We’ve repeatedly challenged various brave green future schemes as rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Advanced and major emerging economies need to engage in radical conservation to have…
Yves here. Note that the notion that the Bank of England is independent is more due to deference than law. For instance, Richard Murphy has repeatedly called for its Governor,…
The departure of Prime Minister Liz Truss raises uncertainty in a country searching for answers to soaring inflation and stagnant growth.
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Enel is one of 70 energy companies in Italy that could end up needing a state-guaranteed credit line, as derivative hedges blow out. Which is likely to place even further…