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Ron Bousso: The Iran war energy crisis is just getting started

August 21, 2026 MDRose 0

The Iran war has pushed the global oil refining industry to the brink, signalling that diesel and gasoline prices may remain elevated for years. Deal or no deal, the global energy inflation shock is far […]

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Larry C. Johnson: Bessent Doesn’t Understand that He Can’t Weaponize the Dollar with Iran and Bank On It with China

August 21, 2026 MDRose 0

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had a schizophrenic Thursday. Asked on CNBC why oil had jumped on the administration’s latest Iran threats, he professed bewilderment: “I’m not sure why oil has popped up on this.” In […]

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Larry C. Johnson: The Confession in the Escalation: If Iran Is Beaten and Hormuz Is Ours, Why the “Unprecedented” Sanctions?

August 20, 2026 MDRose 0

In my previous piece — The Walls Have Doors Now — I argued that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s promised “measures like have never been seen in the history of the economic isolation of a country” […]

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BBC: Romania shuts only nuclear plant as heat causes huge drop in Danube River level

August 13, 2026 MDRose 0

Romania has shut down its only nuclear power station because of extremely low water levels in the Danube river caused by prolonged hot weather affecting much of Europe. The Cernavodă plant, where two reactors produce […]

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The Kyiv Independent: Russian attacks on critical Ukrainian energy infrastructure destroy key facilities ahead of winter

August 8, 2026 MDRose 0

Russian attacks against Ukraine on Aug. 7 targeted critical energy sites operated by state oil and gas company Naftogaz, shutting down production at several facilities, the firm reported. The targeted sites were owned by the […]

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Richard Wolff, Michael Hudson, Nima Alkhorshid – The Bill Comes Due: Trump and Netanyahu’s War Spirals Out of Control

August 7, 2026 MDRose 0

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Larry C. Johnson: Even If the Strait of Hormuz Opens, the Damage to the Persian Gulf Energy Infrastructure is Enormous

August 7, 2026 MDRose 0

However, let’s assume that an agreement is reached on Friday and that oil and LNG tankers are allowed to exit the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz. Even if a deal is struck, it will […]

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The Cradle: India’s imports of Russian oil hit all-time high despite US tariff threat

August 5, 2026 MDRose 0

New Delhi’s record Russian oil imports come as Washington advances legislation that could impose up to 100 percent tariffs on countries buying crude Read Article HERE (Photo Credit: Indian Oil Corp)

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Alastair Crooke – Tensions flicker into flame, lapping across the Middle East

August 5, 2026 MDRose 0

The best Trump can do is to stop the conflicts agglutinating into one global war. Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from the Stategic Culture […]

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Larry C. Johnson: Refinery Configuration Matters—But Markets Matter More

July 30, 2026 MDRose 0

In a major disruption, the challenge facing Gulf Coast refiners would not be an inability to process heavy sour crude. It would be the escalating cost of acquiring the heavy sour crude upon which that […]

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Reindustrialise Britain – A Strategy for Wealth Creation by Costas Lapavitsas, Larry Elliot, Doug Nicholls

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Book Review by Mathew D. Rose With the exception of the Epstein Class and the Professional and Managerial Caste in Britain there is now a broad consensus that neo-liberalism has failed the nation. It has […]

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

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Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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