- April 25, 2025
How the American Economy Is Rigged to Serve the Rich, and Why Tariffs Won’t Change That
Yves here. William Lazonick has explained how financialization, particularly stock buybacks, share-price linked executive pay, and the outsized role and pay levels in asset management,
Satyajit Das: On Cinema –Surviving Childhood
Yves here. Regulars may recall that Satyajit Das has written other articles about movies that we have been honored to publish, such as Desperately Seeking
Come-Gimme! Why Do We Shrug When Apes Cross the Language Barrier?
Yves here. Perhaps one answer to why researchers are underwhelmed by the linguistic accomplishments of apes is that, as fellow primates, we set unduly high
Who Will Pay the Highest Price for Trump’s Postal Service Privatization Push?
Yves here. The US Postal Service has been in Republican crosshairs for a long time but Trump looks as if he will be able to
Data Center Boom Sparks Utility Spending—But How Real Is the Demand?
Yves here. It would be clearly be preferable if data center energy hogs proved to be less greedy in their needs than they now anticipate.
Another Trump Big Lie: “Reciprocal Tariffs”
Yves here. Rajiv Sethi unpacks the bogus branding of and justifications for Trump’s tariffs. Don’t get me started on Liberation Losers’ Day. Sethi mentions the
Coffee Break: Across the Pond and the Online Safety Act
The UK’s Online Safety Act and other things they don’t like to talk about. Evghenia Gutul, the Leader of Gagauzi, Has Been Arrested in Moldova
Coffee Break: Covid Denialism Is Not a Cure; Updates on the War on Cancer and Medicare
It has been a bad week, borderline flu, just like everyone else in the office since the new year (with 7 of 18 having had