ECONOMY
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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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Links 6/1/2024 | naked capitalism
Meet world”s first edible robot Bangkok Post (furzy) Scientists have discovered a 50,000-year-old herpes virus – and perhaps how modern…
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Private Equity Seeks to Foist Companies It Can’t Sell on Employees
A recent Financial Times article on private equity woes in an era of high interest rates contains many amusingly coded…
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Criminalizing the Unhoused Is Inherently Cruel
Yves here. I am not keen about the term “unhoused’ as opposed to “homeless” or better yet, the British term…
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2:00PM Water Cooler 4/10/2024 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day American Goldfinch, Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat–Walden & Sawhill Ponds all…
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