Thanks to the generosity of over 860 members of the Naked Capitalism community, we’ve met our first objective, our critical IT support and defenses, the second, supporting the comments section, the third, continuing our exciting Coffee Break feature, and the fourth, backing our expanded Links section.
Your responses to the munificent “Double Your Donation” challenges by our benefactors have produced solid upsurges. Even so, our overall totals are behind where we’d like to be, even with the average donation amount on higher than last year. Can regulars who have not contributed yet dig deep to help us meet our goals and keep this site humming? Please proceed directly to the Tip Jar> to make your vital contribution!
We are now already at $770 towards our next goal $39,000, of big monetary thank yous for our guest writers, which includes our new, popular Coffee Break crew.
As long-standing readers know, we work on the old Wall Street partnership model: a thin level of assured pay. On top of that, also get then bonuses that reflect, on the generous side, their and the site’s performance that year.
Over the years, we’ve been improving the caliber of writers who contribute to Naked Capitalism. We like to send our mainstays, Conor, Nick, and KLG, and now also Haig, Nat, Curro, and semper loquitur significant honorariums out of the fundraiser
They’ve each stepped up in a very big way to shift their coverage, both in focus and level of output, to match the stresses of late-stage capitalism, with Trump pouring on the fires of the many forces disrputing the environment, geopolitics, finance and the economy, and domestic affairs.
Where would you be without Conor keeping his eve on emerging global hot-spots, with new attention to Europe’s Ukrainzation and war-mongering, the Kushner Albania island caper, elite violence including population thinning, the power of spooks. and the Democrats’ inability to kiss and make up with the working class? Or Nick on Latin America, from its Isrealification to increased US meddling efforts in Mexico, Venezuela, and Bolivia, Trump’s World Cup jawboning, to debanking and online age verification as a Trojan horse for digital IDs? KLG is now providing much welcomed, often jaundices assessments of breaking medical and bioscience developments (particularly related to RFK Jr.’s MAHA agenda), Covid coverage, and social commentary.
Haig watches a wide range of developments in the military sphere via his Armed Madhouse, both hot topics like robot soldiers, Starlink, and many reasons for the US Navy’s power projection falling short as well as important ongoing developments, like the impact of zero latency and the prospects for peace satellites. Nat (along with Nick and Conor) has covered the tech squillionaire political agenda, Trump grifting and elite impunity, and OpenAI collateral damage such as Oracle wobbles. Curro was early to call out the hype over “Islamic NATO” and the Cetua crisis as a psyop, and how winning has become an imperative for US elites. semper loquitur gives a much needed enrichment/mental health break feature with his Sunday movies and now bonus delights..
Even though we pay our contributors for helping fill this site’s regular schedule at an adequate level, writing isn’t a very well remunerated line of work. Our esteemed writers regularly function at an extremely high level, turning out in-depth analysis quickly. The fact that they can do so is a result of their considerable experience and expertise.
We’d also like to send monetary “thanks yous” to Thomas Neuburger and others whose work we post here.
We thought we’d share some supportive reader messages. From Steve P:
Thany you, Yves and your team for providing insight and clarity in our opaque world.
Your instance that we continually apply critical thinking, that challenge our beliefs, is of benefit to everyone
Naked Capitalism is my first read of the day here in New Zealand. I also love the back and forth in the comments, from people with a diverse range of views and experience.
Please keep up the great work. All the best for the year ahead
Mike N:
Naked Capitalism has been a part of my daily reading for a long time, and I’m better educated because of it. Thanks for all that you and your team does.
From Richard I:
Thanks again to the entire team to help provide actual real news and information about what’s going on in the world.
And AM:
Hello Yves and Excellent Naked Capitalism bunch,
My modest contribution is in the mail. Keep up the good work
Plus examples of praise for individual writers. From XXYY:
Really good post today, Nat. You’re getting good at digging up unusual and little-known (at least to me) sources. Very enlightening. Much appreciated.
And Alan Sutton:
Thank you Curro for at least a start on piercing the veil of Orientalism and letting some light into previously impenetrable mysteries.
And ilsm:
Haig has a good grasp of logistics!
So we hope you’ll acknowledge our writers’ skills and dedication with a big, generous thank you at the Tip Jar. They are our mainstays and deserve a lavish thank you!
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