Geopolitics as a Monetary Shock: The ‘Silent Tightening’ in the European Banking System Due to Sanctions Against Russia
Yves here. This article has a very important finding even though it is bizarrely loath to depict the “shock and awe” sanctions as the cause
Blue Monday Isn’t Real, but Sadness Is – And It Plays a Vital Role in Children’s Development
Conor here: It often feels like social policy in neoliberal society is intended to produce sadness that can be capitalized on. The following piece from
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Metal Fans Unlikely To Cheat, Jazz Fans Are Boning Everyone According To A Study Metal in Action (Micael T) Welcome to the wild world of
Black Sites and Black Days
Yves here. Readers may know that some of the history of US black sites, as in torture sites, overseas has become public. I understand from
USDA Researchers Instructed to Investigate Foreign Colleagues
Yves here. On one level, this story about the Administration intensifying its campaign against furriners, here academics, should come as no surprise. The Trump Team
The Great AI Displacement: Fracturing Tomorrow’s Labor Market
Yves here. Please welcome Goran Lazarevski, who sent us an article of his on LinkedIn which he then revamped and expanded for publication here. Lazarevski,
ICE Called Out by Minneapolis Police for Harassing Off-Duty Officers of Color as DOJ Targets Minnesota Officials Personally with Criminal Subpoenas
Yves here. The march towards a tyranny in the US continues apace. Below we feature a clip in which police chief in Minneapolis take the
Inside the Economics of Venezuela’s Elusive Oil Reserves
Yves here. This high-level post usefully debunks the Trump hucksterism about Venezuela’s crude. It also contains a chart documenting a point made here earlier, that
‘Could I Be in Their Cabinet?’: Big Business Eyes Up Reform
Conor here: Sounds like a continuation of the Tory-Labour practices. Meanwhile, it sounds like Your Party is struggling to iron out its differences. By Ethan
What Can We Do for the 250 Million and Counting Displaced by the Environmental Crisis?
Conor here: While the following piece highlights a major growing problem, I’m not sure expanding the Refugee Convention to cover those displaced by environment factors