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style="display:none">https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/iran-lacks-the-leverage-for-a-fair-deal-with-the-us.html</a> </div>  <h2 class='post-title entry-title'> <a href='https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/iran-lacks-the-leverage-for-a-fair-deal-with-the-us.html'>Iran Lacks the Leverage For a Fair Deal With the US</a> </h2> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body entry-content'> <p>The US seems intent on bludgeoning Iran into a very unfavorable agreement. </p> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-labels nc-lt-grey'> Topics: <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/doomsday-scenarios" rel="category tag">Doomsday scenarios</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/guest-post" rel="category tag">Guest Post</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/middle-east" rel="category tag">Middle East</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/politics" rel="category tag">Politics</a> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-author vcard nc-lt-grey'> Posted by <span class='fn'>Yves Smith</span> </span> <span class="post-timestamp nc-lt-grey"> at <span class="updated nc-lt-grey">6:54 am</span> | <span class="post-comment-link"><a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/iran-lacks-the-leverage-for-a-fair-deal-with-the-us.html#comments">46 Comments »</a></span> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class='post hentry'>  <div class='pw_widget pw_post_false pw-size-medium' style="display:inline;"> <a class="pw_title" style="display:none">Another “Covid Brain” Cognitive Impairment: Checklists?</a> <a class="pw_url" style="display:none">https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/another-covid-brain-cognitive-impairment-checklists.html</a> </div>  <h2 class='post-title entry-title'> <a href='https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/another-covid-brain-cognitive-impairment-checklists.html'>Another “Covid Brain” Cognitive Impairment: Checklists?</a> </h2> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body entry-content'> <p>Are difficulties with mental checklist another manifestation of “Covid brain”? </p> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-labels nc-lt-grey'> Topics: <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/pandemic" rel="category tag">Pandemic</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/science-and-the-scientific-method" rel="category tag">Science and the scientific method</a> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-author vcard nc-lt-grey'> Posted by <span class='fn'>Yves Smith</span> </span> <span class="post-timestamp nc-lt-grey"> at <span class="updated nc-lt-grey">6:30 am</span> | <span class="post-comment-link"><a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/another-covid-brain-cognitive-impairment-checklists.html#comments">28 Comments »</a></span> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class='post hentry'>  <div class='pw_widget pw_post_false pw-size-medium' style="display:inline;"> <a class="pw_title" style="display:none">What Will Tech Moguls Do With Their Wealth?</a> <a class="pw_url" style="display:none">https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/what-will-tech-moguls-do-with-their-wealth.html</a> </div>  <h2 class='post-title entry-title'> <a href='https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/what-will-tech-moguls-do-with-their-wealth.html'>What Will Tech Moguls Do With Their Wealth?</a> </h2> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body entry-content'> <p>Tech billionaires are embedding themselves in U.S. economic systems while experimenting with new ways to manage their fortunes</p> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-labels nc-lt-grey'> Topics: <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/guest-post" rel="category tag">Guest Post</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/income-disparity" rel="category tag">Income disparity</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/investment-management" rel="category tag">Investment management</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/politics" rel="category tag">Politics</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/the-destruction-of-the-middle-class" rel="category tag">The destruction of the middle class</a> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-author vcard nc-lt-grey'> Posted by <span class='fn'>Yves Smith</span> </span> <span class="post-timestamp nc-lt-grey"> at <span class="updated nc-lt-grey">2:21 am</span> | <span class="post-comment-link"><a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/what-will-tech-moguls-do-with-their-wealth.html#comments">14 Comments »</a></span> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div id="IC_d_3x1_2"></div> <div class='post hentry'>  <div class='pw_widget pw_post_false pw-size-medium' style="display:inline;"> <a class="pw_title" style="display:none">New Gallup Poll Finds Health Care Affordability Falling: One-Third Cannot Afford Care</a> <a class="pw_url" style="display:none">https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/new-gallup-poll-finds-health-care-affordability-falling-one-third-cannot-afford-care.html</a> </div>  <h2 class='post-title entry-title'> <a href='https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/new-gallup-poll-finds-health-care-affordability-falling-one-third-cannot-afford-care.html'>New Gallup Poll Finds Health Care Affordability Falling: One-Third Cannot Afford Care</a> </h2> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body entry-content'> <p>More bad, if predictable, news on the US health care front. </p> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-labels nc-lt-grey'> Topics: <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/banana-republic" rel="category tag">Banana republic</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/free-markets-and-their-discontents" rel="category tag">Free markets and their discontents</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/health-care" rel="category tag">Health care</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/income-disparity" rel="category tag">Income disparity</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/politics" rel="category tag">Politics</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/regulations-and-regulators" rel="category tag">Regulations and regulators</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/the-destruction-of-the-middle-class" rel="category tag">The destruction of the middle class</a> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-author vcard nc-lt-grey'> Posted by <span class='fn'>Yves Smith</span> </span> <span class="post-timestamp nc-lt-grey"> at <span class="updated nc-lt-grey">9:55 am</span> | <span class="post-comment-link"><a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/new-gallup-poll-finds-health-care-affordability-falling-one-third-cannot-afford-care.html#comments">36 Comments »</a></span> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class='post hentry'>  <div class='pw_widget pw_post_false pw-size-medium' style="display:inline;"> <a class="pw_title" style="display:none">Links 4/2/2025</a> <a class="pw_url" style="display:none">https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/links-4-2-2025.html</a> </div>  <h2 class='post-title entry-title'> <a href='https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/links-4-2-2025.html'>Links 4/2/2025</a> </h2> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body entry-content'> <p><a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/links-4-2-2025.html"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-290002" src="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Screenshot-2025-03-31-at-9.03.27 PM-1-e1743569270341.png" alt="" width="300" height="235" /></p> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-labels nc-lt-grey'> Topics: <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/links" rel="category tag">Links</a> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-author vcard nc-lt-grey'> Posted by <span class='fn'>Conor Gallagher</span> </span> <span class="post-timestamp nc-lt-grey"> at <span class="updated nc-lt-grey">6:55 am</span> | <span class="post-comment-link"><a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/links-4-2-2025.html#comments">175 Comments »</a></span> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class='post hentry'>  <div class='pw_widget pw_post_false pw-size-medium' style="display:inline;"> <a class="pw_title" style="display:none">The Trump ‘Threat’ Helps Sell the War Racket in Canada and Europe</a> <a class="pw_url" style="display:none">https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/the-trump-threat-helps-sell-the-war-racket-in-canada-and-europe.html</a> </div>  <h2 class='post-title entry-title'> <a href='https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/the-trump-threat-helps-sell-the-war-racket-in-canada-and-europe.html'>The Trump ‘Threat’ Helps Sell the War Racket in Canada and Europe</a> </h2> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body entry-content'> <p>The plan has long been for Europe to dramatically increase military expenditures. Embracing international Trump Derangement Syndrome along with relentless Russophobia helps “give history a shove.” </p> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-labels nc-lt-grey'> Topics: <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/doomsday-scenarios" rel="category tag">Doomsday scenarios</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/europe" rel="category tag">Europe</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/politics" rel="category tag">Politics</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/privatization" rel="category tag">Privatization</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/russia" rel="category tag">Russia</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/social-policy" rel="category tag">Social policy</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/social-values" rel="category tag">Social values</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/the-destruction-of-the-middle-class" rel="category tag">The destruction of the middle class</a> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-author vcard nc-lt-grey'> Posted by <span class='fn'>Conor Gallagher</span> </span> <span class="post-timestamp nc-lt-grey"> at <span class="updated nc-lt-grey">6:00 am</span> | <span class="post-comment-link"><a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/the-trump-threat-helps-sell-the-war-racket-in-canada-and-europe.html#comments">19 Comments »</a></span> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div id="IC_d_3x1_3"></div> <div class='post hentry'>  <div class='pw_widget pw_post_false pw-size-medium' style="display:inline;"> <a class="pw_title" style="display:none">Advertising Makes You Unhappy – By Design</a> <a class="pw_url" style="display:none">https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/advertising-makes-you-unhappy-by-design.html</a> </div>  <h2 class='post-title entry-title'> <a href='https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/advertising-makes-you-unhappy-by-design.html'>Advertising Makes You Unhappy – By Design</a> </h2> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body entry-content'> <p>Is advertising bad for you?</p> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-labels nc-lt-grey'> Topics: <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/guest-post" rel="category tag">Guest Post</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/media-watch" rel="category tag">Media watch</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/social-policy" rel="category tag">Social policy</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/social-values" rel="category tag">Social values</a> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-author vcard nc-lt-grey'> Posted by <span class='fn'>Yves Smith</span> </span> <span class="post-timestamp nc-lt-grey"> at <span class="updated nc-lt-grey">5:55 am</span> | <span class="post-comment-link"><a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/advertising-makes-you-unhappy-by-design.html#comments">65 Comments »</a></span> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class='post hentry'>  <div class='pw_widget pw_post_false pw-size-medium' style="display:inline;"> <a class="pw_title" style="display:none">GOP Lawmakers Eye SNAP Cuts, Reducing Benefits for the Low Income at a Time of High Food Prices</a> <a class="pw_url" style="display:none">https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/gop-lawmakers-eye-snap-cuts-reducing-benefits-for-the-low-income-at-a-time-of-high-food-prices.html</a> </div>  <h2 class='post-title entry-title'> <a href='https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/gop-lawmakers-eye-snap-cuts-reducing-benefits-for-the-low-income-at-a-time-of-high-food-prices.html'>GOP Lawmakers Eye SNAP Cuts, Reducing Benefits for the Low Income at a Time of High Food Prices</a> </h2> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body entry-content'> <p>The GOP again has SNAP food assistance benefits in their crosshairs. How might they make cuts? Can they muster the votes?</p> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-labels nc-lt-grey'> Topics: <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/banana-republic" rel="category tag">Banana republic</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/free-markets-and-their-discontents" rel="category tag">Free markets and their discontents</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/guest-post" rel="category tag">Guest Post</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/income-disparity" rel="category tag">Income disparity</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/politics" rel="category tag">Politics</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/social-policy" rel="category tag">Social policy</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/social-values" rel="category tag">Social values</a> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-author vcard nc-lt-grey'> Posted by <span class='fn'>Yves Smith</span> </span> <span class="post-timestamp nc-lt-grey"> at <span class="updated nc-lt-grey">3:17 am</span> | <span class="post-comment-link"><a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/gop-lawmakers-eye-snap-cuts-reducing-benefits-for-the-low-income-at-a-time-of-high-food-prices.html#comments">18 Comments »</a></span> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class='post hentry'>  <div class='pw_widget pw_post_false pw-size-medium' style="display:inline;"> <a class="pw_title" style="display:none">Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Bombing Yemen</a> <a class="pw_url" style="display:none">https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/coffee-break-armed-madhouse-4-1-2025.html</a> </div>  <h2 class='post-title entry-title'> <a href='https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/coffee-break-armed-madhouse-4-1-2025.html'>Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Bombing Yemen</a> </h2> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body entry-content'> <p>Our warfare focused Coffee Break: The bombing of Yemen, a story of pernicious foreign policy and misguided military action</p> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-labels nc-lt-grey'> Topics: <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/coffee-break" rel="category tag">Coffee Break</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/guest-post" rel="category tag">Guest Post</a> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-author vcard nc-lt-grey'> Posted by <span class='fn'>Haig Hovaness</span> </span> <span class="post-timestamp nc-lt-grey"> at <span class="updated nc-lt-grey">2:00 pm</span> | <span class="post-comment-link"><a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/coffee-break-armed-madhouse-4-1-2025.html#comments">51 Comments »</a></span> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div id="IC_d_3x1_4"></div> <div class='post hentry'>  <div class='pw_widget pw_post_false pw-size-medium' style="display:inline;"> <a class="pw_title" style="display:none">Bracing for the Fallout from Trump Tariff Delusions</a> <a class="pw_url" style="display:none">https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/bracing-for-the-fallout-of-trump-tariff-delusions.html</a> </div>  <h2 class='post-title entry-title'> <a href='https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/bracing-for-the-fallout-of-trump-tariff-delusions.html'>Bracing for the Fallout from Trump Tariff Delusions</a> </h2> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body entry-content'> <p>Trump is about to drop another big tariff shoe, and pretty much no one but very hard core ideologues is on board. </p> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-labels nc-lt-grey'> Topics: <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/auto-industry" rel="category tag">Auto industry</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/banana-republic" rel="category tag">Banana republic</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/economic-fundamentals" rel="category tag">Economic fundamentals</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/free-markets-and-their-discontents" rel="category tag">Free markets and their discontents</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/globalization" rel="category tag">Globalization</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/income-disparity" rel="category tag">Income disparity</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/politics" rel="category tag">Politics</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/taxes" rel="category tag">Taxes</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/the-destruction-of-the-middle-class" rel="category tag">The destruction of the middle class</a>, <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/category/the-dismal-science" rel="category tag">The dismal science</a> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-author vcard nc-lt-grey'> Posted by <span class='fn'>Yves Smith</span> </span> <span class="post-timestamp nc-lt-grey"> at <span class="updated nc-lt-grey">10:08 am</span> | <span class="post-comment-link"><a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/bracing-for-the-fallout-of-trump-tariff-delusions.html#comments">116 Comments »</a></span> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class='post hentry'>  <div class='pw_widget pw_post_false pw-size-medium' style="display:inline;"> <a class="pw_title" style="display:none">Links 4/1/2025</a> <a class="pw_url" style="display:none">https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/links-4-1-2025.html</a> </div>  <h2 class='post-title entry-title'> <a href='https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/links-4-1-2025.html'>Links 4/1/2025</a> </h2> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body entry-content'> <p><a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/03/links-4-1-2025.html"><img decoding="async" 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