What ESGers Don’t Understand

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2023 Relative compensation in our society is market determined, and reflects the value preferences of all participants in our economy. Is there a better arbiter? – Alan Greenspan, The Age of Turbulence [2007] HORNBERGER’S BLOG August 8, 2023 Moral Blindness on U.S. Aggression and Torture […]

8/9/23: Ohio Election Results, DeSantis Fires Campaign Manager, Biden Restores Pro-Union Rule, Americans Drain 401Ks, Montgomery Dock Brawl, And New Rules For Adult Film Sites

Ryan and Emily discuss the Ohio election results, bettors favoring Vivek’s chances over DeSantis, Biden restoring a major pro-union rule, Americans drain their savings, the Montgomery dock brawl, and adult film sites blocking access after new regulations. Timestamps: (00:00)Intro (3:11)Ohio Election Results (18:27)DeSantis Fires Campaign Manager (29:18)Biden Gives […]

8/8/23: $1 Trillion Landlord Bomb, Housing Prices Skyrocket, Partisan Split On Gov Power, Dem Congressman Threatens Biden Challenge, Biden Tanks With Young Voters, Holy Grail Of Fusion Energy, Zoom Ends Remote Work, Saudis Drive Up Gas Prices, And A Crucial Election In Ohio

Krystal and Saagar discuss a massive impending landlord financial bomb, housing prices skyrocketing, partisan split grows on government power, Democratic representative threatens Biden challenge, RFK and Marianne crush Biden with young voters, potential holy grail of fusion energy breakthrough, Zoom ends remote work, Saudis drive up oil prices, […]

59 Missing Children Found by FBI

59 Missing Children Found by FBI The FBI recently reported finding 59 missing children through a nationwide enforcement effort known as “Operation Cross Country.” Read More… 44 Dead, Hundreds Injured In Suicide Bombing A massive suicide bomb struck a political rally resulting in the loss of at least […]

Gen Z’s workplace struggle

August 8, 2023 Hey there! Maybe living at the office isn’t such a bad idea? A new study found more than 2,000 US office buildings — including those in New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles — could be converted into 400,000 new apartments.   What’s on deck: […]

Room at the Inn

“In the last two years,” writes Willa Glickman in a report for NYR Online on migrant housing in New York City, “hundreds of thousands of people around the world fleeing violence, political repression, collapsing economies, and natural disasters have taken an overland route from Latin America to the United […]

The Eastern Front

By William S. Lind, Traditional Right No one familiar with the war in the east 1941-45 can fail to see parallels between events then and now. The similarities are obvious. Ukraine is smaller than Russia, its army is smaller, and it has less, although better equipment. The Ukrainian […]

44 Dead, Hundreds Injured In Suicide Bombing

44 Dead, Hundreds Injured In Suicide Bombing A massive suicide bomb struck a political rally resulting in the loss of at least 44 lives. Read More… Daughter Fatally Assaults Mom During Financial Dispute A 78-year-old great-grandmother died days after an altercation over her daughter’s unpaid rent in Maple Grove, Minnesota.  […]

8/7/23: Trump Lawyer Spars With All Five Networks, Majority Americans Oppose More Ukraine Aid, Republican Voters Turn On Anti-Woke, Wells Fargo Deletes Customer Funds, Lizzo Streams Collapse, Jim Cramer Cries, Biden Sanctions Fail, Biden 2024 Debate w/ Michael LaRosa

Krystal and Saagar discuss Trump’s lawyer sparring with all 5 news networks over the weekend, Trump taking to Truth Social to threaten retaliation, new polling showing a majority of Americans oppose more Ukraine aid, Republican voters turn on Anti Wokeness politics, Wells Fargo accidentally deleting customer funds again, […]

Considerations on Anarchy

Gian Piero de Bellis Considerations on Anarchy2022 (Saint-Imier, 29-31 July 2022) (2022)     Note Some considerations on the anti-authoritarian gathering held in Saint-Imier in July 2022.     On 29-31 July 2022 many libertarians gathered in Saint-Imier (Swiss Jura) to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Congress […]

The mono-anarchists

Gian Piero de Bellis The mono-anarchists (2023)     Note A reflection on the anarchist conception and the risks that it may increasingly become an ideology like any other, despotic, authoritarian, completely useless.     The history of the ruling classes and the state rulers has always been […]

The Incomparable Sinéad O’Connor

Sponsored by Reaktion Books FT Incomparable In recent years Sinéad O’Connor wrested her story back from a sneering media. But “if anyone truly wants to know me,” she wrote, “the best way is through my songs.” Joanna Biggs Acts of Accompaniment In Liliana’s Invincible Summer, Cristina Rivera Garza collects everything […]

The Algorithm

Caitlin Johnstone Aug 6, 2023 Listen to a reading of “The Algorithm” (reading by Tim Foley): The algorithm knows what you want before you do. The algorithm knows you better than you know yourself. The algorithm knew you back before you were a screaming slime child, back before […]