Whistleblower allegations fuel new pressure on labor officials, but the agency tasked with investigating illegal child labor is operating with one of its smallest teams in decades.

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02.06.2025

Links 6/1/2025 | naked capitalism

Our strategic daily links: goats, COVID aftermath, extreme heat, Nixon on China, Cuban sugar, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, DOGEy moves, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wretched excess

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02.06.2025

The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Fantastic Planet (1973) Run Time: 1H 11M | naked capitalism

Fantastic Planet is the animated tale of a distant future where humans are pests or pets for a giant race of humanoids know as the Draag.

Naked Capitalism

01.06.2025

Musk Might Be Gone, But Watchdogs Warn Trump/DOGE Carnage Will Continue | naked capitalism

"Musk's departure ....does not actually change.... DOGE's mission to destroy everything that protects the public from....rapacious oligarchs"

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01.06.2025

Alongside China’s, Which Social Credit Systems Are Developing? | naked capitalism

China’s state-run social credit system has elicitied global criticism for years, but other versions are spreading in the rest of the world.

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01.06.2025

Links 5/31/2025 | naked capitalism

Our jazzy daily links: chimpanzee first aid, CDC v. RFK, Jr. on Covid vaccines, Hegseth - "imminent" China threat, EU for 10% water cut, Gaza starvation w/ aid headfake, Trump's non-starter Iran deal, moar EU Ukraine fantasies, Trump to increase aluminum + steel tariffs, milk industry migrant worries

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31.05.2025

Trump’s Global Trade Plans Are in Disarray, Amid Legal Appeals to a US Court Ruling on ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs | naked capitalism

Trump's trade talks have hit a speed bump and perhaps even a wall. What could come next?

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31.05.2025

Harvard and America’s Recurring Crisis of Trust | naked capitalism

How Harvard was a mechanism for the shift from personal salvation to credentialism to identity as the source of moral legitimacy

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31.05.2025

Will Russia Limit Itself to Oreshnik Strikes on Ukraine if the West Escalates Attacks on Russia? | naked capitalism

How the West is really playing with fire with the possibility of missile strikes on pre-2014 Russia.

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31.05.2025

Is PayPal Running a Covert Information Campaign Against Cash in Germany? | naked capitalism

"You love cash. But has cash loved you back?"

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31.05.2025

Coffee Break: Advances in Limb Regeneration & Malaria, Plus Science & Politics and a World through the Lens of Tuberculosis | naked capitalism

Limb regeneration and malaria, science and politics, and a perspective on the world through the lens of tuberculosis

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31.05.2025

Links 5/30/2025 | naked capitalism

Our stylish daily links, including US health policy being written by AI, crypto and monkey kidnappings, and farm labor shortages.

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30.05.2025

As US Role in Gaza Intensifies, Expect Violent Responses in the West | naked capitalism

Terror attacks in Europe over past 20 years offer stark warnings as US aids Israel in exterminating Palestinians

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30.05.2025

Trade Court Invalidates Trump's Sweeping Tariffs; Have We Reached Peak Trump? | naked capitalism

The Federal trade court delivered Trump a big loss on his fentanyl and "Liberation Day" tariiffs. What might come next?

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30.05.2025

Little Lost Lambda: How Any Randomized Controlled Trial or Opinion Poll Could Be Misleading | naked capitalism

How an analytical simplification, of omitting lambda, a measure of inconsistency, can serious distort randomized clinical trial results.

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30.05.2025

Links 5/29/2025 | naked capitalism

Our daily news deep dive, including the escalating (again) trade war between the US and China, Germany's tailspin, and America as a giant scam.

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29.05.2025

Why Are They Trying to Kill Us? | naked capitalism

Western governments openly embrace eugenics.

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29.05.2025

Rob Urie: Why the US Must Officially End the Ukraine War for It to Stop | naked capitalism

A hard look at the inertial forces that will keep the Ukraine conflict going unless the US shuts it down.

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29.05.2025

James Galbraith: Wage Stagnation and Populism – A Comment on David Brooks and Noah Smith | naked capitalism

David Brooks and Noah Smith defend neoliberal globalization by trying to 'splain decades of worker wage stagnation.

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29.05.2025

Links 5/28/2025 | naked capitalism

Our punchy daily links: prepper gourmets, SpaceX blowup again, sun killingStarlink, cracking Bitcoin encryption., China employment vulnerability, EU v. Hungary again, CIA tie to Israel food aid, education AI crisis, moar Trump v. student immigrants,

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29.05.2025

What Is a Constitution? | naked capitalism

The current set of ruling principles in the US is under attack. What sort of a new Constitution might emerge?

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29.05.2025

A Ministroke Can Have Major Consequences | naked capitalism

Some of the symptoms of a ministroke, and why you should go to the emergency room pronto if you think you've had one.

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29.05.2025

Public Health and Private Equity: What the Walgreens Buyout Could Mean for the Future of Pharmacy Care | naked capitalism

Private equity makes more inroads into the health care industry, now with the buyout of the top pharmacy chain Walgreens.

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28.05.2025

Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse - Trump's Golden Boondoggle | naked capitalism

Trump's Golden Dome project is a stupid and wasteful undertaking that will make the U.S. less safe, while wasting enormous sums.

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28.05.2025

"Am I Hot or Not? People Are Asking ChatGPT for the Harsh Truth" | naked capitalism

ChatGPT as beauty advisor illustrates the consequences of tech intruding more and more into real life.

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28.05.2025

A Ministroke Can Have Major Consequences | naked capitalism

Some of the symptoms of a ministroke, and why you should go to the emergency room pronto if you think you've had one.

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28.05.2025

Trump's Liquidation of U.S Global Leadership | naked capitalism

Some geopolitical aspects of how Trump's mazimixation of his personal power comes at the expense of the US

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28.05.2025

Links 5/27/2025 | naked capitalism

Our meditative daily links, including Trump unveils plan to raise $3 billion to invest in crypto while pardoning a sheriff for corruption, and more EU noise about Ukraine still can't change reality.

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28.05.2025

What Mexico Can Teach Its Northern Neighbour About Combatting Child Obesity, Diabetes and Other Chronic Health Conditions | naked capitalism

"The economic burden... of not intervening in the prevention and reduction of childhood overweight and obesity is up to $1.8 trillion in the case of Mexico."

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27.05.2025

Again Seeking Reader Help in Finding New Site Writer(s) to Fill Lambert's Yellow Waders | naked capitalism

Damsel in distress! We are still short of where we'd like to be in terms of new writer(s) to take up open posting slots.

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27.05.2025

Joker Geoeconomics and the Fight Over Global Ports | naked capitalism

What are China’s options to prevent BlackRock-MSC/US takeover of 43 global ports? And how far will the US go to muscle its way out of its profitability crisis?

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27.05.2025

Links 5/26/2025 | naked capitalism

Our salubrious daily links. Did Ukraine attempt to kill Putin? Crypto to the rescue for the dollar? And can your AI alert authorities for "immoral" behavior?

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27.05.2025

Wastewater Plants Could Protect Against PFAS Pollution | naked capitalism

Sewage treatment plants have the power to help reduce people’s exposure to PFAS. It’s time they start using it.

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Links 6/2/2025 | naked capitalism

‘Freedom Cities’ and Our Tech Overlords’ Visions for the Future | naked capitalism

"Germany Steps Up to Replace ‘Unreliable’ US as Guarantor of European Security" | naked capitalism

Elon Musk’s Government Legacy Was Enacting Project 2025. His Ties Go Back Years | naked capitalism

Richard Murphy Gets ChatGPT to Describe How It Inherently Makes Shit Up | naked capitalism

Book Review: A Single Street as a Parable for Global Warming | naked capitalism

Ukraine Engages in Massive Escalation Against Russia on Eve of Talks; Smuggled in Drone Hit Airbases; Claims of 40 Bombers Destroyed | naked capitalism

Senator Demands Tyson Child Labor Probe. Trump’s Cuts to DOL Could Make That Difficult. | naked capitalism

Links 6/1/2025 | naked capitalism

The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Fantastic Planet (1973) Run Time: 1H 11M | naked capitalism

Musk Might Be Gone, But Watchdogs Warn Trump/DOGE Carnage Will Continue | naked capitalism

Alongside China’s, Which Social Credit Systems Are Developing? | naked capitalism

Links 5/31/2025 | naked capitalism

Trump’s Global Trade Plans Are in Disarray, Amid Legal Appeals to a US Court Ruling on ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs | naked capitalism

Harvard and America’s Recurring Crisis of Trust | naked capitalism

Will Russia Limit Itself to Oreshnik Strikes on Ukraine if the West Escalates Attacks on Russia? | naked capitalism

Is PayPal Running a Covert Information Campaign Against Cash in Germany? | naked capitalism

Coffee Break: Advances in Limb Regeneration & Malaria, Plus Science & Politics and a World through the Lens of Tuberculosis | naked capitalism

Links 5/30/2025 | naked capitalism

As US Role in Gaza Intensifies, Expect Violent Responses in the West | naked capitalism

Trade Court Invalidates Trump's Sweeping Tariffs; Have We Reached Peak Trump? | naked capitalism

Little Lost Lambda: How Any Randomized Controlled Trial or Opinion Poll Could Be Misleading | naked capitalism

Links 5/29/2025 | naked capitalism

Why Are They Trying to Kill Us? | naked capitalism

Rob Urie: Why the US Must Officially End the Ukraine War for It to Stop | naked capitalism

James Galbraith: Wage Stagnation and Populism – A Comment on David Brooks and Noah Smith | naked capitalism

Links 5/28/2025 | naked capitalism

What Is a Constitution? | naked capitalism

A Ministroke Can Have Major Consequences | naked capitalism

Public Health and Private Equity: What the Walgreens Buyout Could Mean for the Future of Pharmacy Care | naked capitalism

Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse - Trump's Golden Boondoggle | naked capitalism

"Am I Hot or Not? People Are Asking ChatGPT for the Harsh Truth" | naked capitalism

A Ministroke Can Have Major Consequences | naked capitalism

Trump's Liquidation of U.S Global Leadership | naked capitalism

Links 5/27/2025 | naked capitalism

What Mexico Can Teach Its Northern Neighbour About Combatting Child Obesity, Diabetes and Other Chronic Health Conditions | naked capitalism

Again Seeking Reader Help in Finding New Site Writer(s) to Fill Lambert's Yellow Waders | naked capitalism

Joker Geoeconomics and the Fight Over Global Ports | naked capitalism

Links 5/26/2025 | naked capitalism

Wastewater Plants Could Protect Against PFAS Pollution | naked capitalism

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