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Personal Bankruptcy Filings Are Soaring in 2026, Signaling Growing Economic Distress
Yves here. The increase in bankruptcy petitions, even if from a pretty low post-Covid base, is a sign…
Stressed Oligarchs at Meta, OpenAI, and the Ellison Empire
Four particularly stressed oligarchs are getting a lot of negative attention this week as Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta faces…
More on the Next ‘Super El Niño’
Yves here. It’s hard to know what can be done to mitigate the personal effects of El Niño…
Atlas Shrugged and Interventionism – Econlib
I. Atlas Shrugged in Brazil In 1988, when I was 27 years old, I read Ayn Rand for…
Sunscreen for Lakes and Dams: Could a Thin Floating Layer of Nanomaterial Shield Water from Evaporation?
Yves here. Yours truly has Luddite, or more politely, risk-averse tendencies, and so the idea of geoengineering gives…
Someone Stupid Heads From South Carolina to DC
The South Carolina special election to replace the late, great, peace-loving US Senator Lindsey Graham was held last…
