Rupert Read: Inside COP26. It’s like a tornado that may end in a whimper

Germany increases pressure on Slovakia. The reason: The new government of Slovakia, a country economically dependent on Germany, plans to discontinue the policy of economic liberalism and tends toward friendship with Russia. Read HERE

U.S. budget already deep in the red, and markets have shrugged Trump, Ocasio-Cortez and Japan also offer support for MMT case Read here

Commentators in The FT are desperate to wish into existence a financial crisis in Russia, but the reality is that Russia is surviving Western sanctions. In Adam Tooze’s ‘Chartbook’ Substack. Read the article HERE.