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[l] at 11/7/26 4:55am

[Category: Links]

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[l] at 11/7/26 4:54am
How democracies under stress are showing their true oligarchy status.

[Category: Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social values, The destruction of the middle class]

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[l] at 11/7/26 4:43am
The too-often-neglected importance of sound in nature and scientific investigation.

[Category: Guest Post, Science and the scientific method]

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[l] at 11/6/26 12:00pm
Part the First: How Do You Identify a Vanity Institution?  Last week we discussed an alternative medicine clinic in Switzerland in which several patients died after alternative therapies.  These clinics are, of course, everywhere, and sometimes they are difficult to identify.  Jonathan Jarry has written The Parallel World of Fakery for the McGill Office of []

[Category: Coffee Break, Curiousities, Health care, Science and the scientific method]

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[l] at 11/6/26 7:55am
Will a bill that disses the midterms' AI repudiation by speeding up data center construction advance in the lame duck Congressional session?

[Category: Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Infrastructure, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation]

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[l] at 11/6/26 4:55am

[Category: Links]

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[l] at 11/6/26 4:45am
The fallout of Ueno Bank's collapse has quickly spread across the economy, leading to the collapse of Paraguay's government and the arrest of eight bank executives

[Category: Guest Post]

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[l] at 11/6/26 3:00am
Today's Iran war news: Trump is bleeding out power, but will he still proceed with his big beautiful attack on Iran to shore up his manhood?

[Category: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Investment outlook, Media watch, Middle East, Politics, Technology and innovation]

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[l] at 11/5/26 11:29pm
Will a push to rein in algo-driven individual corporate price gouging get Congressional support and legal restrictions?

[Category: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation]

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[l] at 11/5/26 12:00pm
Driven by zero-sum conflict and legal overreach, the decline of politics threatens to replace representative democracy with technocracy.

[Category: Politics, Social policy]

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[l] at 11/5/26 7:58am
Why politicians' complaints that central banks are hurting them by not lowering the cost of money are nearly always wrong.

[Category: Credit markets, Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Free markets and their discontents, Hedge funds, Investment management, Investment outlook, Politics, Private equity, Real estate, The dismal science]

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[l] at 11/5/26 4:55am

[Category: Links]

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[l] at 11/5/26 2:38am
Today's Iran war news: A chastened Trump has held back on his Iran strike plans. But is he relenting or just regrouping?

[Category: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Europe, Media watch, Middle East, Politics, Russia]

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[l] at 11/5/26 12:38am
Why gold does not necessarily glitter as an investment.

[Category: Currencies, Guest Post, Investment management]

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[l] at 11/4/26 11:19pm
Not surprisingly,. given how overpriced and fussy US weapons are, China is moving in.

[Category: China, Doomsday scenarios, Globalization, Guest Post, Technology and innovation]

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[l] at 11/4/26 12:00pm
An influential network of think tanks, strategic analysts, and media commentators supplies the language and narratives that legitimize military power. The conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Iran illustrate how sophisticated strategic advocacy can perpetuate ill-advised wars.

[Category: Coffee Break]

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[l] at 11/4/26 8:02am
An explanation of why large electrical transformers have become a chokepoint in grid upgrades and expansion, crimping data center plans.

[Category: Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Infrastructure, Technology and innovation]

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[l] at 11/4/26 4:55am

[Category: Links]

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[l] at 11/4/26 4:45am
We have previously discussed Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) in Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin and the Tenor of Our Time.  Agree with her or not, she is always a good teacher, and at all times we must choose our teachers carefully.  I started reading her work shortly after her death and have kept at it ever since.  []

[Category: Politics, Social policy, Social values]

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[l] at 11/4/26 3:55am
Trump has taken a very public beating. Will Team Dem show a bit more respect for the will of voters than usual?

[Category: Economic fundamentals, Income disparity, Investment outlook, Politics, Social policy, Social values, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class]

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[l] at 11/4/26 2:59am
Democrats have been rumbling that they will investigate Trump and his cronies. Will they go ahead or become the dog that caught the car?

[Category: Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams]

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