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Green Growth Claims Are Overhyped – Our Research Shows Three Reasons Why

Conor here: Perhaps what the authors call the “holy grail of environmental policy” (economic growth with less emissions) needs rethinking.…

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Sometimes it is difficult to solve the equation

Maybe you all know about this: The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control order to…

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Links 6/13/2026 | bare capitalism

Ancient DNA shared with Neanderthals may explain human language Science Daily (Kevin W) A Popular Doctor Has Been Warning That…

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‘This Is The Oligarchy’: Nearly $100 Billion Funds Susan Collins’ Re-election Bid

Yves here. Needless to say, they aren’t even close to the 100 million voters in Maine. The obsession with Graham…

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Iran War: Trump Strikes Again, Threatens Continued Bombing, Kharg Island Seizure, Then Touts Plan to Sign Unfinished Iran Memo; More on Oil and Metals Squeeze, Plus SpaceX, AI Tidbits

[The Iran war post launched yet again before complete due to competing obligations. I hope to have it finished by…

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Churchill, Keynes, and the General Strike at 100

When Winston Churchill was named Chancellor in November 1924, he is said to have thought it was the most ceremonial…

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New Consumer Report Finds “About Additive Levels” in Popular Popular Foods

Yves here. Surprise! Junk food is really dangerous! Note, this study focuses on additives, such as coloring agents. The industry’s…

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Orwell on Dickens and development

Most notably, in a seemingly ‘progressive’ way, he has no mechanical mind. He shows no interest in the details of…

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The Hejaz Railway: A Pan-Islamic Project for the New Middle East

The Hejaz Railway, which went from Istanbul to Medina, was the last attempt of Osmanli, led by Sultan Abdulhamid II,…

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The Nationalization of American Science

OMB, joined by forty grant-making agencies—NSF, HHS, DOE, NASA, DOD among them—proposed a sweeping rewrite of the rules governing all…

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