Economics
DeStatis – Germany: Building permits issued for dwellings in January 2023: -26.0% on the same month a year earlier
How you create a recession. Read Here
Month: March 2023
Gig Economy
Gig Economy Project – Flink: As bad as Gorillas?
Two Flink couriers and Works Council founders have been fired, ostensibly for speaking publicly about poor working conditions. Is Flink any better than the scandal-ridden and now-defunct Gorillas? And does German labour law really protect […]
National Politics
John P. Ruehl – Why China’s Actions Toward Ukraine and Russia Could Shape the Course of Future Geopolitics
The strategic realities and considerations facing China with regard to the United States John P. Ruehl is an Australian-American journalist living in Washington, D.C. This article was produced by Globetrotter Days before the one-year anniversary of […]
National Politics
Chris Hedges: The Lords of Chaos
The politicians and shills in the media who orchestrated 20 years of military debacles in the Middle East, and who seek a world dominated by U.S. power, must be held accountable for their crimes. Read […]
Economics
L. Randall Wray, Stephanie Kelton: Magical Monetary Thinking at the Fed Killed SVB
An historical review of Federal Reserve Policy since WWII Read HERE
Economics
Steve Keen, Phil Dobbie – SVB collapse shows there’s no safety in government bonds
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank last week can be put down to two things – first a management team that clearly ignored the falling value of the assets they held, and second the fact […]
Climate Crisis
Politico: Dutch pro-farmers party wins big in provincial elections
Result calls into question premier Mark Rutte’s ability to implement harsh policies to cut nitrogen emissions from farms. Read HERE
Economics
Eurostat: Annual EU inflation at 9.9% in February
The annual inflation rate in the EU dropped 0.1% to 9.9%. Eleven EU nations still have an inflation rate in double digits. Read Here
Deregulation
Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson – The US Dollar System After Breaking Its Link to Gold
RADHIKA DESAI: Hi everyone. Welcome to the fifth Geopolitical Economy Hour, the fortnightly show about the political and geopolitical economy of our times. I’m Radhika Desai. MICHAEL HUDSON: And I’m Michael Hudson. RADHIKA DESAI: So […]
National Politics
Tara McCormack – The anti-democratic war consensus
Never before have so few people done so much to keep a useless and dangerous war continuing. Tara McCormack is a lecturer in international relations at the University of Leicester When Annalena Baerbock (Germany’s Federal […]