ECONOMY

Rising Seas From Fossil Fuels Threaten Inland Migration ‘Never Witnessed in Modern Civilization’
- By Neclink.com
- . May 22, 2025
Yves here. Even though Trump is making headway on his project to reduce living standards in the US to the level of the 1890s, one

Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Missile Misfit
- By Neclink.com
- . May 21, 2025
There are 400 nuclear missile silos in the central United States that constitute the land-based component of the U.S. nuclear deterrent. The Minuteman III missiles

Crypto Crooks Now Eating Their Own as Crypto Holders Targeted in Crime, Even Violent; Coinbase “Hack” an Inside Job, and Highly Damaging to Wallet-Holders
- By Neclink.com
- . May 20, 2025
Our early observation that crypto = prosecution futures is playing out, including along some lines we had not anticipated. The New York Times and Wall

Links 5/17/2025 | naked capitalism
- By Neclink.com
- . May 18, 2025
Imagine stepping into the silent darkness of a cave, only to be confronted by the powerful forms of bison, rendered in clay by hands that

Coffee Break: Notes on Pandemic Responses, a Human Pathogen that Eats the Plastic of Medical Devices, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services Speaks Out
- By Neclink.com
- . May 17, 2025
Part the First: Retrospective Notes on a Pandemic. BMJ, formerly known as the British Medical Journal, has recently published two interesting pieces on COVID-19. The

Big Law Deals With Trump Are Backfiring on Top Firms
- By Neclink.com
- . May 16, 2025
Yves here. It’s delicious that major white shoe law firms are experiencing tangible bad outcomes for capitulating to Trump demands, such as doing pro bono

Despite China’s Warning, US Has Opened New Front in Trade War with Investment Restrictions in UK Pact
- By Neclink.com
- . May 15, 2025
Pretty much everyone not hopelessly enamored with Trump has seen his tariff war, qua tariffs, as having produced an embarrassing retreat. The Wall Street Journal

Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Air Combat Is Changing
- By Neclink.com
- . May 14, 2025
The recent fighting between India and Pakistan has provided evidence of the diminishing role of the jet fighter pilot in modern warfare. A large air

They Looted Companies — Now They’re Looting the Government
- By Neclink.com
- . May 13, 2025
Yves here. A terse but cogent description of how executive grifting has moved on to the deeper pockets of government. By Lynn Parramore, Senior Research