Links 10/22/2026 | naked capitalism
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Iran War: Iran Believes Attack Imminent as Netanyahu Reported to Persuade Trump to Launch Before Midterms ; Global Stocks Fall as Oil Price Increases Continue | naked capitalism
Today's Iran war news: Markets go wobbly as the date for loudly-signaled US/Israel attacks on Iran nears.
Book Essay: The Sixth Extinction and the Demise of Biodiversity | naked capitalism
Species loss ought to be a topic of paramount importance. Satyajit Das uses a new book on biodiversity, Lost Animal, as a point of departure.
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Netflix Purges the C-Suite & Larry Ellison Goes Deep to Fund Skydance
The media landscape continues to shift as Netflix purges its c-suites while Larry Ellison borrows to backstop the Skydance media empire.
Fourth annual Richard N. Cooper Memorial Lecture featuring Maurice Obstfeld
In his landmark 1968 book, The Economics of Interdependence, Richard N. Cooper examined a central challenge of the global economy: how nations can preserve the benefits of international economic cooperation while maintai...
Democrats Should Get Behind a National AI Data Center Moratorium | naked capitalism
Democrats have an opportunity to take real action on AI data centers to protect people and the environment. But will they take the risk?
Links 10/21/2026 | naked capitalism
Our covert daily links: AfD email breach, NATO desperation, UK to the Saudi rescue as inflation jumps, FEMA abandons states, and measles and the midterms.
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Iran War: Iran Hardens Position as Israel Promises Strikes on Energy Infrastructure, US Moves in New Carrier Group; Will Saudis Get Mecca Accord Help? | naked capitalism
Today's Iran war news: Pressures grow as Iran takes a harder posture, Israel vows infrastructure hits, and Turkiye may back the Saudis
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse - Weapons Fetishism: When the Tools of War no Longer Serve Strategic Ends | naked capitalism
How weapons fetishism and institutional inertia sustain costly military programs, placing perceived weapons potency above strategic effectiveness.
The war in Ukraine, sanctions, and the Russian war economy
Russia's war in Ukraine has now been going on for almost five years, with no end in sight. Western sanctions have hurt the Russian war economy, and it is suffering from growing structural fatigue, but the country is acce...
Press Coverage of French Protests Broadcasts Neoliberal Message That Markets Matter More Than People | naked capitalism
The media is speaking with almost one voice to enforce the neoliberal order: ordinary citizens must submit to the needs of the investor class
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Links 10/20/2026 | naked capitalism
Our stroopy daily links, spineless rock, end the MBA, France curfews, Putin-Trump-Xi summit? more AI wobbles, Basel rules => deindustrialization, Ebola spread, Thwaites speedy melt, rising food prices, German job loss, C...