From Al-Qaeda to Antifa: āPhantom Terrorā Turned Inward and the Rise of a New State
Politics begins by naming an enemy; the state depends on it. Calling Antifa āterroristā could be the tool to redefine both politics and power
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Naked Capitalism Fundraiser 2025: Finding High Ground as the Tsunami Rolls In
Fundraiser 2025 begins! Help make it our best ever!
Fundraiser 2025: What We Did for You in the Past Year
It may sound immodest, but we really did rise to the occasion of the 2025 madness. Support this fundraiser so we can do even more in 2026!
Five Lies in Scott Bessent's Attacks on the Fed, & Three Delusions in His Failures to Understand All That NATO Has Done for Us
No. Scott Bessent is not an āadult in the roomā. Shame on all who are calling him suchā¦
The Hidden Costs of Passive Investing Index funds and systematic strategies face trading frictions that quietly erode investor returns
Academic finance has uncovered powerful insights, from the efficient-market hypothesis to the Fama-French five-factor model. Unlike proprietary trading algorithms, these breakthroughs are published op
AI Will Soon Have a Say in Approving or Denying Medicare Treatments
The Trump Administration plans to launch a new war against citizens, here via a pilot scheme to use AI to cut Medicare services.
On Equilibrium in Voting and in Product Markets
With several theoretical problems posed
Top Links 871 Big tech boom. "The first law of petropolitics". Writing African independence & forswunk.
Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
Links 9/25/2025
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Why Is Trump Bailing Out Argentina?
This is about ideology and Trumpian fealty, not Americaās interests
Tech can fix most of our problems (if we let it)
Humans are clever animals. We should make full use of that advantage.
Satyajit Das: Stablecoins ā Invention Looking For A Problem?
Satyajit Das sets forth the very strong case against stablecoin.
NATO Might Try to Down Russian Jets on The False Pretext That They Violated Its Airspace
Why some European members of NATO might attempt the reckless escalation of attacking Russian military assets.
How the First Amendment Protects Americansā Speech ā and How It Does Not
A law professor gives an overview of the extent of and limits on First Amendment rights.
Note on new technologies in China and on our human future
No-one who travels to China can remain indifferent to the impact of new technologies.
Coffee Break: Palantir, Peter Thiel, Alex Karp, and the Antichrist
Palantir co-founders Peter Thiel and Alex Karp almost embody the zeitgeist of 2025 with Palantir's use of AI for ICE and the IDF, their Trump affiliations, and their outspoken views on the Antichrist
Wall Streetās Deregulation Agenda Will Cost Everyday Americans Everything
Trump administration financial deregulation, eliminating services and eviscerating oversight and enforcement, sets people up for harm
Mergers, Collusions, and Prediction Markets
Can they speed up merger review?
Top Links 870 Slashing Federal R&D. Educational premiums. AI as cultural technology & Ekphrasis.
Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
Links 9/24/2025
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Politics, Government, and Science During Pandemic Times
When asked in early 2000 how long I thought COVID-19 would last, I answered three years.Ā Alas, it has now been nearly six years since a frightening respiratory disease was first noticed in Hubei Prov
Is the Jimmy Kimmel Saga a Sign that the Tide is Turning?
Why we may not be Russia or Hungary
US Medical Care Set to Fracture Over MAHA as States and Physicians Groups Break With Administration Recommendations, Plan to Fund Own Research
How an informational civil war is starting in the wake of MAHA.
Small Nuclear Reactors Will Not Save The Day
Debunking small nuclear reactor hype.
Jorge Lobo Miglioli (1935-2025): Marx, Kalecki and the desenvolvimentistas dream in Brazil
I met Professor Jorge Miglioli in 2000, the year I started my undergraduate studies in Economics at UNESP, Araraquara ā Brazil, fully convinced it was the right path if you wanted to change the world.
A Thank You and an Update
I began posting my own columns on Substack back in February.
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse ā Laser Weapons
High-energy laser weapons (HELs) are moving from lab demos to real defenses. Israelās Iron Beamālikely the first HEL to see combatāpromises near-zero cost per shot against drones and short-range rocke
Watching People Jacking-in to an ASI Across a Half-Millennium
& implications for AI-alignment, AI-safety, feral library card catalogs, the Volga as "Germany's Mississippi", Machiavelli's scrittoio, Tessier-Ashpool's virtual domains, artificial, alien, &...
Chartbook 410: Malign coincidence - MAGA & the moment of hyperscaling.
The engagement of big tech with the Trump Presidency has been one of the big surprises of the second term.
Trumpās Chabahar Sanctions Waiver Revocation & Bagram Airbase Talk Pile Pressure on India
The US decided that Indiaās rise as a Great Power must be derailed and itāll pursue this by all possible means.
Can Economic Growth Alone Fix the Federal Deficit?
Insights from Recent Research
Should Democrats Moderate on Abortion?
A reply to the critics of Ezra Klein
Top Links 869 Summer at Kenwood. Hedging the dollar. A nation of shop-keepers & science as a prediction engine.
Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
Links 9/23/2025
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Quelle Surprise: UKās Keir Starmer Government Goes All In On Digital Identity
The government is finally admitting the truth: it wants to launch a universalĀ digital ID dubbed "Britcard" -- despite the fact it's a smartphone app.
Break Day
Life sometimes gets in the way
The Karl Marx Question
Karl Marx has aged well. What happens if you take his analysis seriously?
Why every country needs to master the Electric Tech Stack
The industries you need for national defense are also the industries you need for manufacturing...everything.
War Signals, Quiet Channels, and Venezuelaās Discounted Barrels
An analyst in Caracas tries to make sense of Trump's aggression against Venezuela.
Coffee Break: Impunity, Incompetence, and Maybe Insight Into How Trump Works
This past week the Trump administration has put on a bravura display of impunity and seeming incompetence, but perhaps we can glean some insight into how they function.
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