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Links 5/23/13

posted to naked capitalism on Thu 23rd May 13

Record Burmese python caught in Florida Guardian (Chuck L)Trends in Amphibian Occupancy in the United States Plos One via Washington Post (Lambert)Coral reefs ‘ruled by earthquakes and volcanoes‘ PhysOrg (Chuck L)Moore Tornado an EF-5; $2 Billion
Yanis Varoufakis: Greek Success Story: The latest Orwellian Turn of the Greek Crisis

posted to naked capitalism on Thu 23rd May 13

By Yanis Varoufakis, a professor of economics at the University of Athens. Cross-posted from his blog.Greeces Prime Minister recently flew to China, to woo Chinese investors. In his bid to be persuasive, he adopted a radical narrative: Greece is a Success Story.
Martin Khor: No Solution Yet As Climate Threshold Crossed

posted to naked capitalism on Thu 23rd May 13

By Martin Khor, Executive Director of the South Centre, Geneva. Cross-posted from Triple Crisis.A key threshold measuring the march of global warming was crossed recently, when the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere topped 400 parts per million.On

Curious Meeting at Treasury Department

posted to naked capitalism on Tue 3rd Nov 09

The Treasury invited a small group of bloggers for a “discussion” with senior officials on Monday. Initially, the meeting was to be background, which is a sort of journalistic “FYI but you can’t use it” but we were told at the
NY Fed Under Geithner Implicated in Lehman Accounting Fraud Allegation

posted to naked capitalism on Fri 12th Mar 10

Quite a few observers, including this blogger, have been stunned and frustrated at the refusal to investigate what was almost certain accounting fraud at Lehman. Despite the bankruptcy administrator’s effort to blame the gaping hole in Lehman’s
Geithner Bank Bailout Plan: Fiasco

posted to naked capitalism on Tue 10th Feb 09

That one word assessment of the Geithner plan, as previewed in the New York Times tonight, comes from reader Scott, and is good enough to print. I am so disgusted with this entire proceeding that I am going to dispatch it quickly.Let's start with the basics.

Financialization and the Incredible Shrinking Time Horizon

posted to EconoSpeak on Sun 19th May 13

Reading this excerpt from an interview with UNCTAD economist Heiner Flassbeck posted at Naked Capitalism prompts these thoughts on how financialization has altered the way capitalism functions. Consider two ways an enterprise can be privately owned and managed.
Harry Shearer and Yves Smith transcripts

posted to Angry Bear on Sun 5th May 13

Transcript: Yves Smith Interview – Harry Shearer – Listen to the podcast here. A link to Yves IFR e-book is here. (on the fraudclosure fiasco…)
Noted for April 26, 2013

posted to Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Economist Brad DeLong's Fair, Balanced, and Reality-Based Semi-Daily Journal on Fri 26th Apr 13

Barbara Bush: On Jeb Bush in 2016: Weve had enough Bushes: "He's by far the best qualified man, but no. I really don't [think Jeb Bush will make a White House bid.] I think it's a great country. There are a lot of great families, and it's not just four families