Wednesday, June 4, 2025

So Many Links!...from mushrooms to why China beats the US, why Trump won, and economics.

 

From Ian Welsh:

When Financiers Win, They Lose  

The Best Short Summary Of Why China Is Winning & The West Fading (must read!)

China's Rare Earths Ban Starts Shutting Down Auto Production (see the comments, too!) 

Classics:

The Yoga Perspective

From The Road Less Traveled: Life is difficult.

Why Trump Won

Why on earth would anyone vote for Donald Trump? (RE: 2016, still relevant)

Sarah Chayes' On Corruption in America, and what is at stake. 

If 

Economics:

Milton Friedman, Inflation Deceiver 

One recent epiphany about the horror that is modern economics: When Karl Marx became arguably the most influential economist in history, the plutocrats panicked and started commissioning alternative narratives...that are positively delusional.

An illustration / joke: When the firefighters put out the fire at your house, that's socialism. When the insurance company denies your claim, that's capitalism. 

 

 

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