How Global Value Chains, Much Hyped by Development Experts, Slowed Growth and Preserved Inequality in Middle Income Countries Tackling a pro-multinational development canard which looks to have made the so-called middle income trap worse.
https://www.nakedcapitalism.co....m/2025/07/how-global

Trump’s Neo-Stalinist Pentagon Photo Purge Controlling the future by controlling the past, here by censorship of narrative-busting photos.
https://www.nakedcapitalism.co....m/2025/07/trumps-neo

Trump’s Homeland Security Council Sets Its Sights on Zohran Mamdani A window into the thuggish efforts to sabotage Zohran Mamdani bid for New York City mayor, here by the Department of Homeland Security.
https://www.nakedcapitalism.co....m/2025/07/trumps-hom

The Plebeian Council as an Example for Modern Citizen Empowerment How the Roman Plebeian Council used tribal allegiances to curb the power of patricians.
https://www.nakedcapitalism.co....m/2025/07/the-plebei

Broligarchs Demand Silicon Valley Bank 2.0: What Could Go Wrong? It seems no idea is too stupid not to get a following. This one is to recreate Silicon Valley Bank, a standout failure.
https://www.nakedcapitalism.co....m/2025/07/broligarch