Economics
Financial Institutions
Climate Crisis
Michael Roberts – From the Rockies to Stockholm: ignoring the global crisis
Debt distress across the global south and the mounting evidence of climate breakdown are major crises which are not even on the radar of the G7 and the Bilderberg group as they meet this week. […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Bancor
The Keynesian idea of an international system to balance global trade surpluses and deficits between countries is a utopian fantasy. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from […]
Economics
Alastair Crooke – ‘One quiet early morning in Beijing, the dollar’s crown slipped’
Should China succeed, the U.S. would lose its ‘magic weapon’ of monetary dominance. Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from the Strategic Culture online journal “I […]
Austerity
Ann Pettifor: Balshazzar’s Feast, the US dollar and the ‘Invisible Hand’
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
Economics
William Thomson – More securitisation creates less financial security
Deregulating finance is in vogue in Brussels once again. William Thomson is a Political Economist and Founder of Scotonomics. (www.scotonomics.scot) Billed as simply a ‘technical reappraisal’, the European Commission has concluded its consultation on a […]
Economics
Michael Hudson, Richard D. Wolff, Danny Haiphong – When Tariffs Replace Strategy
26 April 2025 DANNY HAIPHONG: Welcome to another live stream. It’s your host, Danny Haiphong. Hit the like button as you come on the program and we’re about to get started. Before our guests come […]
Economics
Economics
Michael Roberts – There will be blood
It appears that the US economy is heading for a sharp slowdown and probably an outright slump by year-end, while inflation moves back up. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and […]
Economics
Les Leopold – Bonds for Beginners and how they cancelled Trump’s Tariff Plan
In case you are not an economist or work in finance and not really sure what bonds are and do, here is a straightforward explanatiion Les Leopold after graduating from Oberlin College and Princeton University’s […]