Yves here. Richard Murphy raises important questions about rampant mental health disorders, but I wish he had been more pointed. Neoliberalism is bad for your health, physical and mental. We have been writing from the inception of this site that...
Does Morality Do Us Any Good? The New Yorker (Anthony L). Yes, it often makes decisions easier. And you also typically create fewer enemies. Spaces between the Stars London Review of Books (Anthony L). On Kubrick. The torture of an...
In Tuesday’s NYT, Oren Cass makes the case for protectionism. It would be wonderful to see economists willing to try a new course when the one they’ve pursued has failed so spectacularly for so long. Instead, they are doubling down...
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Northern Mockingbird, Marin, California, United States. “This bird was languidly singing from an unseen location within an oak tree uphill from the first steep part of the fire road immediately...
Yves here. I have not followed the story of the Azerbaijan Airlines crash closely, precisely because the speculation was way ahead of information. Nevertheless, claims by Western officials that Russian air defense missiles brought down the jet are leading many...
Tortoise engraving suggests Middle Eastern religion from 37,000 years ago EuroNews World’s oldest living crocodile celebrates 124th birthday Ynet Why world’s economic powers could find 2025 a year of great struggle FT Climate Startups Begin Geoengineering the Sea IEEE Spectrum...
Albrt had an informative piece cross posted here at NC yesterday focusing on ways to measure whether Trump is improving the alignment of the Republican party with the working class or selling out his supporters and continuing uniparty rule for...
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, I am in post-Christmas post-prandial mode (brunch). I will post a full complement, since there is rather a lot going on, but later than usual. –lambert P.S. I now have my #1 machine...
Can beehives help humans and elephants co-exist? A simple nature-based solution is keeping the peace EuroNews Illegal trade booms in South Africa’s ‘super-strange looking’ plants BBC Boom in US retail real estate defies prediction of ecommerce apocalypse FT Due to...
Yves here. I trust readers will kick these tires a bit. We’ve been critical of ideas like the Green New Deal and Net Zero because they rely too much on techno-hopium and not enough on very serious energy diets. This...
