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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Links 12/16/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 15 Comments »
Israel Is Trying to Turn the Tide of Opposition (to Its Genocidal Proclivities) in Latin America
Could one of the few pockets of resistance to Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its myriad other war crimes be about to fall?
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | No Comments »
Satyajit Das: AI – Artificial Intelligence or Absolute Insanity?
AI is following the same trajectory as the dot-com bubble.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Investment outlook, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:32 am | 7 Comments »
Why Housing Prices in Big Cities Cannot Be Expected to Come Down Any Time Soon
On the dynamics behind seemingly unyielding high urban housing prices.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Income disparity, Real estate
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:30 am | 5 Comments »
Coffee Break: Trump Loses in Indiana as the MAGA Civil War Rages On
Last week, POTUS Donald Trump lost his battle to bully Indiana Republicans into redrawing their congressional districts, are we seeing Trump 2.0’s mojo bleeding out as MAGA’s civil war continues?
Topics: Coffee Break
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 2:00 pm | 34 Comments »
Obamacare Enhanced Subsidies/Health “Care” Fixes, Expressed as Pentagon Units
Time for some perspective on enhanced Obamacare subsidies costs and stakes.
Topics: Banana republic, Health care, Income disparity, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 12 Comments »
Links 12/15/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 90 Comments »
How the Pandemic Accelerated the Geopolitical Breakdown
Did COVID-19 deepen the crises of capitalism and inject a sense of panic into the world’s power struggles?
Topics: China, Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Macroeconomic policy, Middle East, Pandemic, Privatization, Russia, Social policy, Social values, Surveillance state, Technology and innovation
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 23 Comments »
Oklahoma’s Ban on Chinese-Owned Farmland Made an Exception for Smithfield Foods
Despite introducing legislation across the country to restrict foreign ownership of farmland, lawmakers do not appear motivated to target monopolistic firms, or to bring more of the food supply chain under domestic control.
Topics: China, Commodities, Globalization, Guest Post, Market inefficiencies, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 6 Comments »
Africa’s New Data Dependency – Technology Colonialism
Data agreements are replacing armies as tools of colonialism and the return of external governance
Topics: Africa, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics, Surveillance state, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:50 am | 2 Comments »
Links 12/14/2025
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 102 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Sweet Movie (1974) Run Time: 1H 38M
Sweet Movie is a film about candy, rebirth, and sexuality just for starters.
Topics: Guest Post, Sunday morning Antidote movie
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 5 Comments »
In an Ohio Suburb, Sprawl Is Being Transformed Into Walkable Neighborhoods
Yale Climate Connections argues that rethinking American suburbs could help people drive less, lowering emissions.
Topics: Environment, Global warming, Market inefficiencies, Social policy
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 26 Comments »
Links 12/13/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 132 Comments »
What’s at Stake in Trump’s Executive Order Aiming to Curb State-Level AI Regulation
Fortunately, an executive order won’t stop states from restricting AI. But expect the Administration to try other routes.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Social values, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:30 am | 9 Comments »




