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May 26, 2014 0

The WAIS and Resilience

By News Desk

Tweet Eli has pointed out that something like the WAIS collapse, once it enters the final stage, which only takes decades, cannot be adapted to, and, given that the long slide towards an inevitable collapse has begun, mitigation is a train that has long left the station.  A word from Dano, more of a world view about what to do ——————————– By now, bunnies surely have shared carrots at the bar discussing the two new papers about the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) passing a ‘tipping point’ to an inevitable collapse .

March 30, 2014 0

China Accelerates Bad Debt Writeoffs; Reflections on "Policies to Counter Economic Volatility"

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China Accelerates Bad Debt Writeoffs; Reflections on "Policies to Counter Economic Volatility" Financial stress related to Ponzi financing and other bad debts in China is readily visible in numerous places. One result is China’s Big Banks Double Bad-Loan Write-Offs . China’s biggest banks more than doubled the level of bad loans they wrote off last year, in a sign that financial strains are mounting as growth in the world’s second-largest economy slows.

March 21, 2014 0

China Faces "Minsky Moment" on Ponzi Financing

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Please consider Morgan Stanley: China’s Minsky Moment is Here . [Mish Note:] The prelude to the report on MacroBusiness Australia is interesting in and of itself: " From Morgan Stanley comes the latest must read bearish China report.

January 30, 2014 0

Curry Vindaloo

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and then TonyLearns shows the other side now But Mosher says Tamino is a(an almost) complete incompetent. Isn’t that a devastating rebuttal? Then I read Judith post of Tamino and arctic temps.