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Saturday, June 28, 2025
Links 6/28/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 146 Comments »
Michael Hudson: The U.S. Empire’s Plan for Global Domination
Michael Hudson: War on Iran is part of the US empire’s effort to re-impose its dominance on the global political and financial system
Topics: Credit markets, Currencies, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:51 am | 23 Comments »
The Dark Side of Ecotourism: When Green Travel Exploits People and the Planet
As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, ecotourism may be doing more harm than good.
Topics: Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Ridiculously obvious scams, Species loss
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:08 am | 14 Comments »
Coffee Break: Funding Medical Education, A Human Ancestor, Tardigrades to the Rescue, Trashing the Earth, Plus MAHA and Measles
Part the First: Financing Professional Education in the United States. College costs too much in the United States. Professional School costs way to much. Up until the present – who knows what will happen next as the broad attacks on American universities continue – graduate education at the PhD level in traditional disciplines in the […]
Topics: Coffee Break, Curiousities, Health care, Politics, Science and the scientific method, Social policy
Posted by KLG at 2:00 pm | 9 Comments »
Why Flattering Donald Trump Could Be Dangerous
Why power players should not apply their tongues to Trump’s posterior.
Topics: Europe, Guest Post, Media watch, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 36 Comments »
Links 6/27/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 117 Comments »
As Washington Declares Mexico An “Adversary”, Russia Offers to Help Mexico Reduce Its Energy Dependence on US
The Trump administration’s global charm offensive continues apace.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 12 Comments »
Financial Times on Coming Climate-Change-Driven Meltdown in Real Estate: Gradually, Then Suddenly?
A detailed, yet still softball, take on how climate change damage will wreck property values and much of what passes for an economy
Topics: Credit markets, Derivatives, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Global warming, Politics, Real estate, Regulations and regulators, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:05 am | 47 Comments »
Carl von Clausewitz and the Clausewitzian Viewpoint of Warfare: A Theoretical Approach
An overview of Clausewitz’s thinking winds up showing how the US has ignored it, with the bad results Clausewitz predicted.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:10 am | 25 Comments »
The Israel–Iran Conflict Tests “America First” and Redefines ‘Auctoritas’
Trump’s attack on Iran tests the limits of “America First” and reveals a deeper MAGA divide over who holds legitimate authority—auctoritas
Topics: Coffee Break, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Curro Jimenez at 2:00 pm | 31 Comments »
Tallying the Costs to Israel of Its Failed Iran Regime Change Operation
An early estimate of the economic costs to Israel of the Iran war show that recovery will be difficult if not impossible.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Media watch, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 90 Comments »
Links 6/26/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 172 Comments »
Satyajit Das: Middle East Trajectories – Implications for the Region and Energy Markets
A refined (pun intended) discussion of the state of the energy market and the high risk of continued kinetic action between Israel and Iran.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Guest Post, Investment outlook, Media watch, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:00 am | 3 Comments »
A Possible Connection Between Mental Illness and Diet
On the mounting evidence that a ketogenic diet considerably can alleviate some debilitating mental health ailments, such as schizophrenia.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Health care, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:47 am | 23 Comments »
Why the US and the WTO Should Part Ways
In another sign the old international order is breaking as the US flails about, a serious call for the US to leave the WTO.
Topics: Globalization, Guest Post, Legal, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:11 am | 7 Comments »