As unintended consequences go, this could be a big one. Demand for cash around the world is at a 20-year low, according to De La Rue, the company that prints Britain’s banknotes. But fear of war with Russia as well...
‘Brain rot’ named Oxford Word of the Year 2024 Oxford University Press Debt-based speculation surges Counterfire Climate/Environment Can Artificial Rain, Drones, or Satellites Clean Toxic Air? Wired Socialising Nature The Break Down Midwest builders are using wood in a new...
Yves here. This post describes how many (most?) people decide whether to trust a speaker or information source based on whether they share your values. Readers Eclair and mariann discussed how efforts to indoctrinate them to trust only members of...
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Northern Mockingbird, Southeast Greenway, Mueller, Travis, Texas, United States. “All sang.” A lot going on! * * * In Case You Might Miss… The urban-rural divide. Thomas Frank on populism...
Lambert here: Whenever I hear a conservative use the word “freedom,” I check my wallet to make sure it’s still there. So the catchphrase “health freedom” leaves me cold. Still, one way to look at election 2024 is as the...
The car industry ex China is reeling, between conventional car markers having trouble adapting to the EV/hybrid world (where EV new entrants have considerable advantages via the vehicles’ much lower mechanical complexity), European manufacturers being whacked by the new normal...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan just had a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Nov. 24 in which the former reportedly talked up plans to expand cooperation as the two countries have done in recent years. Part...
Yves here. A bit confusingly, the less well publicized COP16, an annual global biodiversity meeting under UN auspices, followed shortly on the heels of the COP29 climate conference. But a big common element of both was big corporate muscling to...
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Readers will remember that, based on their Covid performance under two administrations, I have often called for the CDC to be burned to the ground, the rubble plowed under, and the ground salted. Now President-elect...
