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20.11.2024

Eight Reasons Why Marco Rubio Would Be a Disastrous Secretary of State | naked capitalism

With Trump nominations like Matt Gaetz, RFK, Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard attracting lots of ire, Mario Rubio is being treated as sound. That's a mistake.

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19.11.2024

Trump’s Energy Sanctions Are a Double-Edged Sword for Global Economy | naked capitalism

Trump plans tougher sanctions on Iran's and Venezueal's oil exports, and secondary sanctions on China. How might that work?

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19.11.2024

Links 11/18/2024 | naked capitalism

Our frisky daily links

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19.11.2024

As Biden Uses Long-Range Strikes into Russia to Create Problems for Trump, What Else Might Happen With Ukraine When Trump Takes Over? | naked capitalism

Biden and the EU are trying to throw spanners in Trump's desire to end the war with Ukraine. What if anything has changed?

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19.11.2024

2:00PM Water Cooler 11/18/2024 | naked capitalism

Today's Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; About those camps... ; Blame Cannons: Biden staffers, Axelrove, Fetterman unload; Boeing's management challenges., layoffs

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19.11.2024

Paris and Washington Go Scorched Earth in the Sahel | naked capitalism

What does it say about AFRICOM’s counterterrorism mission when nationalized mines increasingly come under attack and the US proxy state of Ukraine is training terrorists the US is supposed to be fighting?

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19.11.2024

Social Security Tackles Overpayment ‘Injustices,’ but Problems Remain | naked capitalism

Moving away from withholding 100% of people’s monthly Social Security benefits to recover alleged overpayments has been a major improvement.

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18.11.2024

Book Review: "Caps Lock" (Capitalism and Graphic Design) | naked capitalism

Design serves capitalism by devising abstract forms.

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18.11.2024

Links 11/17/2024 | naked capitalism

Our signal-heavy daily links

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18.11.2024

Evaluation of a New International Policy Instrument to Curb Offshore Tax Evasion: Global Information Sharing of Bank Information | naked capitalism

Information exchange creates large improvements in tax compliance through repatriation of offshore wealth, self-reporting of offshore financial income, and audit efforts targeted offshore evasion.

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17.11.2024

Wall Street Banks Accused of Trying to Sabotage Key Consumer Protection Rule | naked capitalism

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants banks to send data of ex-customers to a new bank. Banks are howling. They may have a point.

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17.11.2024

Links 11/16/2024 | naked capitalism

Our salacious daily links: fisherman catches sub, ISS in trouble, net zero failing, EU rejects Russian LNG, UK economic wobbles, Poland threatening Kalingrad? moar Israel savagery, Musk thwarting Iran war plot? Trump nominations freakout, dangerous Teslas, credit bubble worries

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17.11.2024

Trump’s Speeches Are Chaotic, Rambling and Extremely Effective. Aristotle Can Explain Why | naked capitalism

How Trump's much-lambasted rally speaking style actually deploys a classic rhetorical device.

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16.11.2024

Is Realignment the Shape of US Politics to Come? | naked capitalism

Trump and his loyalists intend to deliver major changes to US politics. But how realistic is that promise?

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16.11.2024

Links 11/15/2024 | naked capitalism

Our adaptive daily links

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16.11.2024

Scientists Fear What’s Next for Public Health if RFK Jr. Is Allowed To ‘Go Wild’ | naked capitalism

On the considerable upset about RFK Jr.'s nomination to head HHS.

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16.11.2024

US EPA Enables Polluting Plastics Plants by Failing to Update Wastewater Limits, Report Says | naked capitalism

Yet another example of EPA underperformance, here on the plastics pollution front.

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16.11.2024

As Rumours Swirl That Mexico Has Lost USMCA Case on GM Corn Ban, Sheinbaum Pledges to Protect Mexico's Native Corn | naked capitalism

The USMCA trade agreement, now in its fifth year of existence and up for renegotiation next year, is looking increasingly frail.

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16.11.2024

2:00PM Water Cooler 11/15/2024 | naked capitalism

Politics, syndemics; New Covid charts: No bad news; Adolph Reed makes another call; Blame Cannons: The Democrat's "leftward" turn; Boeing puts a finance guy on the board, layoffs

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15.11.2024

2:00PM Water Cooler 11/14/2024 | naked capitalism

~ Today's Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Trump transition: Biden meeting, Gabbard, Gaetz; Deploy the Blame Cannons! Democrat suicide? Boeing layoffs; "Is the Love Song Dying?" ~

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15.11.2024

Wall Street Journal Show How Medicare Advantage Plans Restrict Medical Services to Sicker Seniors, Leading to Switching to Traditional Medicare | naked capitalism

The Wall Street Journal shows how Medicare Advantage plans curb care to sick seniors, leading many to switch to traditional Medicare

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15.11.2024

The BRICS, a Geopolitical Challenge Overlooked by the European Union | naked capitalism

A discussion of what BRICS might be when it grows up and what that could mean for the EU

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14.11.2024

Bad Samaritans in Foreign Aid | naked capitalism

Who'd have thunk it? The notion that foreign aid might be self-interested looks to novel, at least among economists.

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14.11.2024

2:00PM Water Cooler 11/13/2024 | naked capitalism

~ Today's Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; Trump DOD pick Hegseth; Thomas Frank has risen from the grave; Deploy the Blame Cannons Boeing layoffs, DEI axed; Sun Slated To Be Dimmed by Tech Bros ~

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14.11.2024

Trump Adds to List of Fake EU Crises | naked capitalism

EU set to double down on vassalage to US, which is causing its problems in the first place.

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14.11.2024

Global Fury After State Dept Claims Israel Not Violating US Law by Blocking Gaza Aid | naked capitalism

US defenses of Israel, this time by pretending the genocidal state is not blocking Gaza aid, are ever more infuriating and lame.

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14.11.2024

Links 11/13/2024 | naked capitalism

Our truculent daily links: bigger coyote packs? no to standing desks? COP29 blues, China Peru port, German elections, Israel Gaza aid sabotage, new Zelensky victory plan, liberal order myth, Trump picks, Teixera sentenced, media moves to the right, LV traveling bed excess, war on USPS

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14.11.2024

Will Trump End or Escalate Biden’s Wars? | naked capitalism

An awfully hopeful take on what Trump might do about America's "forever wars".

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14.11.2024

Shale 'Drill, Baby, Drill’ Hits Wall of Capital Restraint | naked capitalism

One of Trump' inflation-cutting plans, more shale production to lower energy prices, is not going to get strong uptake from the industry.

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How the Wall Street Journal Blew the Story of the Democrats and Inflation | naked capitalism

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Requiem for an Empire | naked capitalism

A Post-Election Reflection on Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right | naked capitalism

2:00PM Water Cooler 11/20/2024 | naked capitalism

Long-Running Kentucky Retirement Systems Case Surmounts Yet Another Procedural Spanner, Moves Closer to Discovery After Seven Years | naked capitalism

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Will Online Age Verification Be the Trojan Horse for the Mass Rollout of Digital IDs? | naked capitalism

Forget Snowbirds. These Sunbirds Are Flocking North | naked capitalism

Links 11/19/2024 | naked capitalism

Eight Reasons Why Marco Rubio Would Be a Disastrous Secretary of State | naked capitalism

Trump’s Energy Sanctions Are a Double-Edged Sword for Global Economy | naked capitalism

Links 11/18/2024 | naked capitalism

As Biden Uses Long-Range Strikes into Russia to Create Problems for Trump, What Else Might Happen With Ukraine When Trump Takes Over? | naked capitalism

2:00PM Water Cooler 11/18/2024 | naked capitalism

Paris and Washington Go Scorched Earth in the Sahel | naked capitalism

Social Security Tackles Overpayment ‘Injustices,’ but Problems Remain | naked capitalism

Book Review: "Caps Lock" (Capitalism and Graphic Design) | naked capitalism

Links 11/17/2024 | naked capitalism

Evaluation of a New International Policy Instrument to Curb Offshore Tax Evasion: Global Information Sharing of Bank Information | naked capitalism

Wall Street Banks Accused of Trying to Sabotage Key Consumer Protection Rule | naked capitalism

Links 11/16/2024 | naked capitalism

Trump’s Speeches Are Chaotic, Rambling and Extremely Effective. Aristotle Can Explain Why | naked capitalism

Is Realignment the Shape of US Politics to Come? | naked capitalism

Links 11/15/2024 | naked capitalism

Scientists Fear What’s Next for Public Health if RFK Jr. Is Allowed To ‘Go Wild’ | naked capitalism

US EPA Enables Polluting Plastics Plants by Failing to Update Wastewater Limits, Report Says | naked capitalism

As Rumours Swirl That Mexico Has Lost USMCA Case on GM Corn Ban, Sheinbaum Pledges to Protect Mexico's Native Corn | naked capitalism

2:00PM Water Cooler 11/15/2024 | naked capitalism

2:00PM Water Cooler 11/14/2024 | naked capitalism

Wall Street Journal Show How Medicare Advantage Plans Restrict Medical Services to Sicker Seniors, Leading to Switching to Traditional Medicare | naked capitalism

The BRICS, a Geopolitical Challenge Overlooked by the European Union | naked capitalism

Bad Samaritans in Foreign Aid | naked capitalism

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Trump Adds to List of Fake EU Crises | naked capitalism

Global Fury After State Dept Claims Israel Not Violating US Law by Blocking Gaza Aid | naked capitalism

Links 11/13/2024 | naked capitalism

Will Trump End or Escalate Biden’s Wars? | naked capitalism

Shale 'Drill, Baby, Drill’ Hits Wall of Capital Restraint | naked capitalism

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