Yves here. I am not certain how much precedential value this climate litigation victory will carry. The “right to a stable climate system” does not sound like a generally tenable…
Yves here. The fact that more and more hand-wringing articles about populists are appearing in outlets that pretend to be politically neutral, like VoxEU, is telling. The elites hate democracy,…
Yves here. Simon Watkins is a diehard Anglosphere booster and so his posts need to be taken with a considerable grain of salt. Nevertheless, despite his strong bias point of…
Yves here. Over and over in resource-exploiting industries, from oil wells to nuclear reactors and now aquaculture, shuttering operations so as to minimize environmental costs is neither cheap nor easy.…
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s proposals on tariffs, immigration, taxes and deregulation may have far-reaching and contradictory effects, adding uncertainty to forecasts.
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Yves here. KLG compares the performance of the medical and scientific establishment in two pandemics: HIV and COVID-19. He systematically works his way to the conclusion that a vaccine-dominated approach…
The idea that fancy colleges bend their standards to admit the kids of wealthy alumni hardly seems like news. But that practice is in fact a violation of an antitrust…
Yves here. This post points out that some of Trump’s picks in key positions under RFK, Jr. hold views at odds with the prospective Secretary. One unwittingly revealing comment is…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Northern Mockingbird, 34 Peregrine Crossing, Chatham, Georgia, United States. In Case You Might Miss… Trump presser. AOC loses key vote.…