All of this today from Derek Thompson is very much worth readingâbut since it is a paid post, I cannot ethically crosspost more than one single fair-use section. I have chosen the one about...
Brad DeLong 1 min read
34 words Spanish politics enters the global stage in Mexico. A clash of progressives vs. conservatives where many have underestimated Pedro Sanchez
Curro Jimenez 1 min read
20 words Building a catechism out of 500MB of text, one GPUâhour and hallucination at a time, as a monthâlong on-device build_qa.py run to cut what would otherwise have been a $3,000 cloud bill by a factor...
Brad DeLong 1 min read
35 words A look at the hidden role of private markets in public stock volatility.
Larry Swedroe 1 min read
13 words Corruption pervades everything this administration does
Paul Krugman 1 min read
6 words BRICS members have a lot to teach each other, and the advanced world, about waste reuse.
Yves Smith 1 min read
16 words <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/05/links-5-14-2026.html"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-310279" src="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-20
Conor Gallagher 1 min read
11 words Today's Iran war update: The contest over control of the Strait of Hormuz continues as Congresscritters and the press tally war costs.
Yves Smith 1 min read
22 words Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
Adam Tooze 1 min read
11 words Why China has contempt for Donald Trump
Paul Krugman 1 min read
7 words Eaton-Kortum (2002)
Nicholas Decker 1 min read
2 words China is still suffering a real estate bubble hangover, with a lot of symptoms similar to Japan's deflation.
Yves Smith 1 min read
18 words The latest national strike in a series over a year and a half against policies that a union leader said will heighten inequality and poverty
Yves Smith 1 min read
25 words The return of early-2021 to mid-2022 class inflation: oil shock, sticky core, rate and a Fed on edge as the inflation scare just got real againâŚ
Brad DeLong 1 min read
26 words Does each of us have a big enough brain to compensate for our lack of fangs, claws, sprinting speed, & dodging quickness? I say: âDefinitely not!âânot individually we donât. The Scarecrow in âThe...
Brad DeLong 1 min read
33 words $10 million is being spent in a single primary as Congress abdicates its constitutional role and efforts to manipulate the midterms escalate.
Nat Wilson Turner 1 min read
22 words Both the millennia past and the new millennium. The economic world: working, making, apportioning, talking, & more. What I learn about it, largely through history, as I bet that humans are such the sa
Brad DeLong 1 min read
43 words Why lumping factor funds with stock-pickers distorts the scorecard and misleads investors
Larry Swedroe 1 min read
12 words The most powerful Russian agencies consider how to respond to the risk of a NATO-instigated three-front proxy war.
Yves Smith 1 min read
18 words You are here to experience, or: why differentiation is a moral obligation.
Packy McCormick 1 min read
12 words What would today's post-Nazi Europe and post-Nazi world (if we had been lucky) look like if not for Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill's ascent to the Prime Ministership of the British Empire in May...
Brad DeLong 1 min read
32 words Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
Adam Tooze 1 min read
11 words Prizes vs subsidies
Nicholas Decker 1 min read
3 words <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/05/links-5-13-2026.html"><img src="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/00-mothers-day-cats.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="206" cla
Yves Smith 1 min read
11 words Today's Iran war watch: Iran ups demands as more evidence of US weakness and Trump insanity emerges, and the economy is collateral damage.
Yves Smith 1 min read
23 words All of this was predictable and predicted
Paul Krugman 1 min read
7 words The "economic divorce" between the two countries is proceeding slowly, but it is proceeding.
Noah Smith 1 min read
14 words India has repeatedly stated its committment to pursuing an independent path. That resolution is missing in action in the Iran war.
Yves Smith 1 min read
21 words Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale leads charge for police state response that sees him and fellow techno-capitalists profit and gain more control.
Conor Gallagher 1 min read
21 words The current $1.5T AI arms race: are hyperscalers building utopia, building dystopia, building digital god, or simply lighting trillions of dollars on fire in a dollar auction? When âfree cash flow...
Brad DeLong 1 min read
31 words For decades, the Patriot missile system has symbolized American technological superiority and alliance reassurance. But modern missile warfare is evolving toward saturation attacks, rapid adaptation,
Haig Hovaness 1 min read
63 words A look at new research connecting AI adoption to measurable productivity gainsâand what it means for investors
Larry Swedroe 1 min read
17 words AI promises efficiency in offices but its insatiable power needs are making life more costly for communities at large.
Yves Smith 1 min read
19 words Life is about more than GDP
Paul Krugman 1 min read
6 words <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/05/links-5-12-2026.html"><img src="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-12-at-3.34.16âŻPM.png" alt="" width="235"
Yves Smith 1 min read
11 words Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
Adam Tooze 1 min read
11 words Today's Iran war news: Trump is predictably acting as if he is doubling down as criticism from the elites gets much louder.
Yves Smith 1 min read
22 words Starmer's rapid rise and (apparent) fall are symptomatic of a broader trend unfolding across the Davos regimes of the collective West.
Nick Corbishley 1 min read
21 words Big Ag, which has shaped food policies, profits more from "innovations "in food production, processing, and distribution than food security.
Yves Smith 1 min read
20 words A brief, incomprehensible technical note
Paul Krugman 1 min read
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