Each time this modern variant of financial capitalism gets ahead of itself, the main players – who are usually content pocketing excessive profits – always come running back for life support from the state.
The privatise the gains, socialise the losses story. Repeated.
A view in Monaco with yachts moored at Port Hercules during the 22th edition of the International Monaco Yacht Show. The Monaco Yacht Show is considered the most prestigious pleasure boat show in the world with the exhibition of 500 major companies in the luxury yachting and a hundred super and megayachts afloat. The event runs until September 22. (Valery Hache/Getty Images)
Things seem to come in cycles. We have been at this for some years now – trying to articulate the principles of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) in various ways in various fora. Read here
The Alaska summit promised much but delivered little. Can the US and Russia find peace without Ukraine in the mix? Read Article HERE This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Too little regulation, of too little government, of deregulation and lawlessness, amount to “the writing on the wall” for the empire that is the United States of America Read Article HERE
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