The Race to Cut Methane Emissions Is Exposing a Global Divide | naked capitalism
Large methane emissions are easy to detect and often fairly easy to contain, yet few of the big sinning countries are taking action.
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Are Too Many Americans Taking Antidepressants? | naked capitalism
RFK, Jr. wants to wean many Americans off antidepressants. How sound are his views?
Israel and the Far Right Want You to Believe There Is an Islamic Invasion of the West | naked capitalism
Israel helps manufacture the myth of an "Islamic Invasion of the West," which the far right uses to distract from systemic Western crises
You're already getting socialism—and Democratic Socialists have nothing to do with it
The election of New York mayor Zohran Mamdani and the surprising performance of Democratic Socialist or DSA-aligned candidates in Democratic primaries across the United States is reviving interest in socialism as a conce...
Has Capitalism Failed, or Has Neoliberalism Destroyed It? | naked capitalism
Capitalism comes in many flavors. Sadly, the neoliberal one that has become dominant is particularly rancid.
Links 9/10/2026 | naked capitalism
Our stalwart daily links: Trump tries to buy votes, Zelensky fundraises at a funeral, Islamic NATO in action, and August hottest month ever recorded.
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Book discussion: Messy Jobs: The Work that AI Cannot Reach
As artificial intelligence (AI) transforms the workplace, which jobs will remain valuable—and what makes them resistant to automation? Economist Luis Garicano, coauthor of Messy Jobs: The Work that AI Cannot Reach, discu...
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The tectonic plates of trade are moving: A new equilibrium?
As the global trading system exists in an uncertain equilibrium while resting on a stable core, it is pertinent to imagine a new order without sliding into the deeper economic fragmentation, protectionism, and geopolitic...
Former Bank of Korea governor Chang Yong Rhee joins PIIE as nonresident senior fellow
Washington, DC—The Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) announced that Chang Yong Rhee, former governor of the Bank of Korea, has joined PIIE as a nonresident senior fellow, bringing more than three deca...
Six Charts That Explain How Americans Really Feel About the Economy
Official data shows steady growth and low unemployment, but misses how rising costs have left many Americans behind.
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse - Mossad, the CIA, and the Cult of Black Ops | naked capitalism
The world’s elite intelligence agencies can perform astonishing feats. The harder question is whether those feats actually advance the interests they are supposed to serve.
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Grappling with US fiscal deficits and debt: Understanding the implications at home and abroad
The United States faces persistent and growing fiscal deficits and rising federal debt, raising important questions about the sustainability of the nation's fiscal outlook and the implications for the broader economy. Wh...