Lambert here: Strong original reporting from DeSmog. Every so often, Saudi propaganda for Neom comes across my feed, and it’s obviously a grandiose real estate development signaling some sort of horrid end state; the very last thing the Saudi people...
“The time has come to show the United States that it is under threat from a country of 130 million inhabitants that is finally waking up.” Russia is trying to poison bilateral relations between the Mexico and the US by...
About Lambert Strether Readers, I have had a correspondent characterize my views as realistic cynical. Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that provide concrete material benefits, especially to the working class. Medicare for All is the...
Yves here. I must confess that I do not pay as much attention to Nobel prizes as I should. The role of the Swedish Central Bank Knockoff Nobel in promoting elite-serving orthodoxies has managed to sour me on the genuine...
I’ve updated the “regression camp” membership list. Assuming no recession shows up (hear Cam Harvey talk about the issue), what can we take from the Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index returning to recession territory (it’s spent much of the last...
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. “The system’s not broken. It’s fixed.” –Apocryphal I apologize to readers for the lateness of the hour. Normally, I’d sacrifice a Water Cooler, but I feel that with less than two weeks to go in...
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Common Nightingale, Vía sin nombre, Villafranca, Navarra, Comunidad Foral de, Spain. “Foraging or eating.” * * * In Case You Might Miss… Anti-Trump oppo barrage begins. Kamala’s town hall. Ohio...
From Heritage: Every dollar the government spends must first be taken from the private sector. Whether the government pays for its spending through explicit taxation, or the hidden tax of inflation, or through borrowing, public activity crowds out private activity....
Lambert here: I think “fret” is a bit weak. How about “screamingly frustrated”? By Noam N. Levey, a senior correspondent at KFF Health News. Originally published at KFF Health News. Tom Zawierucha, 58, a building services worker in New Jersey,...
