New York Cannabis Program Becomes Field Day for Private Equity Exploitation, Including Predatory Loans, Overpriced Leases to Store Owners
Yves here. The New York City publication THE CITY and reporter Rosalind Adams deserve a round of applause for their in-depth reporting in State Cannabis
Links 6/11/2024 | naked capitalism
Early morning frost spotted on some of Mars’s huge mountains The Guardian Satellites spot strange sky glow that only comes out after midnight New Atlas
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 in European parliament elections. This
Links 6/9/2024 | naked capitalism
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One Issue Proved Key to the Opposition’s Stunning Success in India’s Election: Caste Politics
Yves here. Attributing Modi’s underperformance in India’s recent elections to having not-great answers to the opposition successfully mobilizing on caste issues makes perfect sense…to outsiders.
The Cautious US Escalation Against Russia Is Developing Not Necessarily to US Advantage
The feebleness of the US response to a Russian incursion into Kharviv, which was to prevent further strikes on civilian targets in the border city
The EU’s Outsourced Migration Control Is Violent, Expensive and Ineffective
Yves here. Perhaps I am reflexively contrarian, so I hope readers in Europe and/or those who know the Middle East and North Africa will weigh
Israel Threatening to Take on Hezbollah After Cross-Border Attacks Produce Intense Wildfires
Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu has just visited the border area in northern Israel and vowed to take “intense action” against Hezbollah, as reported in lead
‘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 bottle. Yes, there are legal
Israel Boosterism Keeps Israel Bonds Afloat Even as Some Top Global Investors Exit
The Israel BDS movement is winning some headlines and even some successes in challenging US and foreign investment in Israel government bonds which play a