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OpenAI Is Sinking Fast, Will It Pull the Ellisons and Trump Down With It?
Sam Altman's OpenAI empire is imploding fast. Its financial black hole is exposed, & key execs are exiting before the biggest IPO ever. WTF?
The state of play for global trade: Spotting trends and challenges
Trade wonks like to say that trade is like water; it always finds new ways. Is that really true? The last several years have been particularly challenging for global trade, beset by tariffs, wars, subsidies, export restr...
The Leipzig Incident Has All the Hallmarks of a False Flag Against Russia | naked capitalism
Some Europeans seem way too eager to find any excuse to justify militarizing against Russia.
Are Central Banks Moving Out of Dollar Assets?
A look at the fall of dollar assets in global official foreign exchange reserves and how it reflects the actions of a handful of large reserve holders.
Artificial Traders in Real Markets | naked capitalism
What does more and more deployment mean for the operation of financial markets?
Links 9/2/2026 | naked capitalism
Our satiating daily links: Zelensky threatens civilian planes, AI unleashed, IDF fanatic considered for top Army post, and heat's hidden toll.
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse - Can U.S. Submarines Defeat China? | naked capitalism
U.S. attack submarines are extraordinarily capable, but how many could be sustained in a war against China? Discounting the fleet reveals a large gap between inventory and combat power.
The state of the transatlantic security partnership
The policies and pronouncements of the second Trump administration have, to say the least, created strain in the transatlantic relationship, affecting the United States, its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organizati...
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Dollar Dominance Eroding Slowly But Surely | naked capitalism
The dollar’s role as reserve currency has been eroding slowly. Rash action has accelerated the trend but not as much as you may think
Political meddling at the Census Bureau damages the entire US statistical system
This summer marks the worst period for US statistical integrity since President Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last August. Two different and seemingly uncoordinated events at the Census Bu...
Businesses Are Using AI to Transform Work, Not Cut Jobs
A look at the effects of AI adoption on workforces using the New York Fed’s business surveys in the New York and Northern New Jersey region.