ECONOMY
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Puppies Behind Bars and the Question of the Role of Prisons
The media is in the “If it bleeds, it leads” business. As a result, many pressing social problems and promising…
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Biden Crashes, Trump Lies: A Campaign-Defining Presidential Debate
Yves here. The presidential debate last night is likely to go down as being of historical importance, in the same…
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Despite Warnings, Israel Looks Set to Jump Off Lebanon Ledge
More and more, Israel is becoming a case study in national pathology. It keeps relentlessly and savagely killing Gazans and…
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How Recycling Has Become a Largely Empty Gesture
Yves here. This article describes how the good intentions of the push for more recycling have gone awry. The causes…
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Power in Sovereign Debt Markets: Explaining the Uneven Debtor–Creditor Landscape and Its Implications
Yves here. This article explains how, believe it or not, the US used to act as a moderating force in…
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Links 6/16/2024 | naked capitalism
Saturn’s Ocean Moon Enceladus Is Able to Support Life JSTOR Daily What Retail Apocalypse? Shopping Centers Are Making a Comeback.…
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Intrigue About Exit of Mustafa Nayyem, Ukraine Restoration Funding Chief and Maidan Revolt Instigator, Diverts Attention from Boneheadness of the Scheme
The Financial Times had a bizarrely long article earlier this week about the departure of Mustafa Nayyem, recently the Chairman…
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The Russian Endgame in Ukraine and European Resistance to “Right Wing” Advances: A Thought Experiment
As most of you know well by now, the so-called European right wing made substantial, even in cases stunning, gains…
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Links 6/7/2024 | naked capitalism
“The Three Little Pigs Are Hurting Their Own Cause,” an Op-Ed by The Big Bad Wolf McSweeney’s Internet Tendency The…
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‘A Monstrosity’: Biden Blasted Over Planned Executive Order on Asylum
Yves here. Having had such loose immigration enforcement, I am not sure how the US puts the genie in the…
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