# credit markets (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover credit markets. Page: Feed: --- ## [Sunscreen for Lakes and Dams: Could a Thin Floating Layer of Nanomaterial Shield Water from Evaporation?](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/sunscreen-for-lakes-and-dams-could-a-thin-floating-layer-of-nanomaterial-shield-water-from-evaporation.html) _2026-08-27 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ Geoengineering proposals, such as preventing water evaporation and reflecting sunlight, are set to increase. How to evaluate them? ## [Coffee Break: Someone Stupid Heads From South Carolina to DC](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/south-carolina-darline-graham-lindsey-donald-trump-clyburn.html) _2026-08-26 · Nat Wilson Turner · naked capitalism_ The South Carolina special election to replace the late, great Lindsey Graham was held last night and the stupid won in a big way, by that I mean his sister. ## [This American City Perfected Clean Water for Beer — Now It’s Fighting to Keep Cancer-Causing Nitrates Out of the Tap](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/this-american-city-perfected-clean-water-for-beer-now-its-fighting-to-keep-cancer-causing-nitrates-out-of-the-tap.html) _2026-08-26 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ Rural communities can treat water to reduce nitrates to safe levels. But what about well water polluted by runoff from fertilized fields? ## [Links 8/26/2026 Plus Iran War Note](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/links-8-26-2026-plus-iran-war-note.html) _2026-08-26 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ ## [Imperialist Realism and American Empire](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/imperialist-realism-and-american-empire.html) _2026-08-26 · KLG · naked capitalism_ “May you live in interesting times.” So says the apocryphal Chinese proverb that may well have been more properly attributed to Austen and Neville Chamberlain’s father. All of us here can be said to have lived in interesting times, if interesting means, among other things, unsettled and inscrutable, not to mention ugly and unstable. But \[…\] ## [Understanding Iranian Victory](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/understanding-iranian-victory.html) _2026-08-26 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ Iranian strategic logic and why Tehran believes it has already won against the US. ## [Is Sikorski’s “European Legion” Proposal a Way for Poland to Deploy “Peacekeepers” to Ukraine?](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/is-sikorskis-european-legion-proposal-a-way-for-poland-to-deploy-peacekeepers-to-ukraine.html) _2026-08-26 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ A sketchy “European Legion” scheme which could deploy to Ukraine illustrates the huge gap between EU belligerent intent and ability to act. ## [Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Humanoid Soldiers and Vanishing Valor](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/coffee-break-armed-madhouse-humanoid-soldiers-and-vanishing-valor.html) _2026-08-25 · Haig Hovaness · naked capitalism_ Humanoid robots are approaching the physical capabilities required for infantry combat. Once machines become stronger, faster, more precise, more expendable, and easier to reproduce than human soldiers, military competition could make the human infantryman obsolete. But the deeper consequence may be cultural: what happens to warfare when armies no longer require courage, sacrifice, or heroes? ## [Gates and Rockefeller Foundations’ Green Revolution Failing Africa](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/gates-and-rockefeller-foundations-green-revolution-failing-africa.html) _2026-08-25 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ How 20 years of Gates and Rockefeller Foundations' green revolutions initiatives have yielded little in Africa and even done harm. ## [Links 8/25/2026](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/links-8-25-2026.html) _2026-08-25 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ ## [From any door to your door (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/HpTo7TMKP68d) _2026-08-25 · **Sponsored**_ Book rides, errands, deliveries, groceries and home help in one app ## [Links 8/22/2026](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/links-8-22-2026.html) _2026-08-22 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ ## [Michael Hudson and Steve Keen: The Federal Reserve, the Constitution, and the End of US Hegemony](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/michael-hudson-and-steve-keen-the-federal-reserve-the-constitution-and-the-end-of-us-hegemony.html) _2026-08-22 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ Steve Keen and Michael Hudson discuss empire, finance, and the coming crises. ## [How Living in a ‘Digital First’ World Has Made Our Lives Smaller](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/how-living-in-a-digital-first-world-has-made-our-lives-smaller.html) _2026-08-22 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ We are stuck in digital bureaucracies— more effective than real life ones at runarounds, time-wasting, and conditioning for resignation ## [Coffee Break: Notes on the Surveillance State, AI, and Scientific Communication](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/the-surveillance-state-grows-while-ai-metastasizes-but-scientific-communication-remains-possible.html) _2026-08-21 · KLG · naked capitalism_ Part the First: Is There No Place to Hide, or Just Be Yourself? Caitlin Johnstone points out once again that while we have been snoozing happily in a virtual haze, we are being followed by the latest incarnation of Big Brother to come along. From Today in Dystopia: We Have Cameras Everywhere in that Town: \[…\] ## [‘Utterly Unsustainable’: Employer-Sponsored Health Care Costs Set to Keep Surging](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/utterly-unsustainable-employer-sponsored-health-care-costs-set-to-keep-surging.html) _2026-08-21 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ Health care costs are out of control. Medicare for All would help but is not a sufficient remedy. ## [Links 8/21/2026](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/links-8-21-2026.html) _2026-08-21 · Conor Gallagher · naked capitalism_ ## [The EU Commission’s Secret Plan to Share EU Citizens’ Most Sensitive Data With Israel](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/the-eus-von-der-leyen-commission-is-considering-sharing-eu-citizens-most-sensitive-data-with-israels-genocidal-state.html) _2026-08-21 · Nick Corbishley · naked capitalism_ For three years the Von der Leyen Commission has been secretly negotiating to hand over its citizens' data to a state committing a genocide. ## [Iran War: Bessent Effectively Admits New Ferocious Iran Sanctions Likely to Fizzle as Treasury Intervention Fails; More Evidence of US Military Impotence; Ansar Allah Makes Drone Strikes Into Saudi Arabia](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/iran-war-bessent-effectively-admits-new-ferocious-iran-sanctions-likely-to-fizzle-as-treasury-intervention-fails-more-evidence-of-us-military-impotence-ansar-allah-makes-drone-strikes-into-saudi-ar.html) _2026-08-21 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ Today's Iran war news: As Bessent and Trump flail about, a discussion of what the coming crisis might look like. ## [Why Working‑Class People Account for Around 1% of Lawmakers in the US – and Only 2% in the Average Democracy Around the World](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/why-working%e2%80%91class-people-account-for-around-1-of-lawmakers-in-the-us-and-only-2-in-the-average-democracy-around-the-world.html) _2026-08-21 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ Working-class members are less well represented in politics than most imagine. ## [An ‘Islamic NATO’ Without Iran Is Symbolic: That’s Its Purpose and Its Problem](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/an-islamic-nato-without-iran-is-symbolic-thats-its-purpose-and-its-problem.html) _2026-08-20 · Curro Jimenez · naked capitalism_ The U.S. and Israel achieved what Iranian propaganda never could: they legitimized Iran in the eyes of many Sunni Muslims ## [Fast, secure international transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ycd3K3zeXbDJ) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Bank transfer, cash pickup, mobile wallet — low fees and real-time tracking ## [Pro-Israel Pressure Group Honest Reporting Received Grant from Knight Foundation](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/pro-israel-pressure-group-honest-reporting-received-grant-from-knight-foundation.html) _2026-08-20 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ DropSite News exposes how the too-cutely-named Israel front Honest Reporting managed to secure funds from the Knight Foundation ## [Links 8/20/2026](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/links-8-20-2026.html) _2026-08-20 · Conor Gallagher · naked capitalism_ ## [Iran War: Further Admission of Weakness With New Super Duper Trump Sanctions Threat; Israel Moves Against Turkiye Risk Broader Conflagration; Bessent at Odds with Fed in Move to Contain Longer-Dated Treasury Yields](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/iran-war-further-admission-of-weakness-with-new-super-duper-trump-sanctions-threat-israel-moves-against-turkiye-risk-broader-conflagration-bessent-at-odds-with-fed-in-move-to-contain-longer-dated-t.html) _2026-08-20 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ Today's Iran war news: More proof of Trump impotence via sanctions huffing and puffing, plus Bessent weirdly going to war with the Fed. ## [Michael Hudson: U.S. War Against Russia Has Blocked Black Sea Grain Transport as Well as the Persian Gulf Oil Trade](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/michael-hudson-u-s-war-against-russia-has-blocked-black-sea-grain-transport-as-well-as-the-persian-gulf-oil-trade.html) _2026-08-20 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ Russia's blockade of Odessa, which will have a global impact on grain supplies, is not getting the attention it warrants. ## [Personal Bankruptcy Filings Are Soaring in 2026, Signaling Growing Economic Distress](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/personal-bankruptcy-filings-are-soaring-in-2026-signaling-growing-economic-distress.html) _2026-08-20 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ As bankruptcy rates rise, a primer on the process and some strategies that might hold the creditor wolves at bay. ## [Coffee Break: Stressed Oligarchs at Meta, OpenAI, and the Ellison Empire](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/stressed-oligarchs-meta-openai-ellison-warnermount-empire-oracle.html) _2026-08-19 · Nat Wilson Turner · naked capitalism_ Three particularly stressed oligarchs are getting a lot of negative attention this week as Mark Zuckerberg's Meta faces a $1.4 trillion lawsuit, Sam Altman's OpenAI is bleeding talent and their IPO seems an ever more remote possibility, and Larry and David Ellison are in a full-on media war with 12 attorneys general over their attempted purchase of Warner Bros Discovery. ## [More on the Next ‘Super El Niño’](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/more-on-the-next-super-el-nino.html) _2026-08-19 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ An update on near and longer-term forecasts for the impact of the arriving super El Niño. ## [Links 8/19/2026](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/links-8-19-2026.html) _2026-08-19 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ ## [Iran War: US Considers Reducing Middle East Military Presence as Conflict Widens Regionally; Market Wobbles Intensify as Government Bond Interest Rates Rise Globally and AI Bubble Implosion Seems Imminent](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/iran-war-us-considers-reducing-middle-east-military-presence-as-conflict-widens-regionally-market-wobbles-intensify-as-government-bond-interest-rates-rise-globally-and-ai-bubble-implosion-seems-immi.html) _2026-08-19 · Yves Smith · naked capitalism_ Today's Iran war news: Iran ups the ante as markets look even more green around the gills.