Climate Crisis
Jeffrey Sachs, Yanis Varoufakis – The Six Global Crises Confronting Humanity
22 April 2025 Sachs begins at round 6:30
Globalisation
Economics
Alastair Crooke: Trump axes a stricken world order – but there’s opportunity amidst the turmoil
Trump’s actions were neither ‘spur of the moment’, nor whimsical. The ‘tariff solution’ had been pre-prepared by his team over years Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts […]
Finance
Thomas Fazi – War by other means: Trump’s tariffs and the empire’s final gamble
‘Trump’s tariff policy represents a desperate bid to preserve US economic, military and geopolitical dominance at any cost — using economic coercion against nearly every country on the planet.’ On Thomas Fazi’s Substack. Read the […]
EU politics
Politico – EU will use Trump tariff freeze to push new fossil fuel deal
Re-packaging the same deferential energy trade policy with the US is a sign that Brussels has learned nothing from the events of the last two weeks. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Craig Murray – Trump, Tariffs and Trade
There is a giant problem that commentators are ignoring Craig Murray is a British former diplomat, political activist, human rights campaigner, blogger, and whistleblower Cross-posted from Craig Murray’s blog There is a giant problem that […]
Finance
Yanis Varoufakis – Forget shares, bonds and tariffs. Here is what you should really worry about
A very short piece but definitely a thought worth thinking about. In Yanis Varoufakis’ blog. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Politico – EU takes revenge on Trump’s tariffs as countries approve €20B+ retaliation
These are only retaliatory tariffs on those previously imposed by Trump on European steel and aluminium. The big test will be how the EU responds to the blanket 20% tariff announced on ‘Liberation Day’. Read […]
Finance
Michael Roberts – Trump’s slump
Trump’s high-stakes gamble to turn around American manufacturing is likely to fail and at the same time trigger a global slump. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted […]
Economics
Environment
Constance Dijkstra: Why international shipping needs a global carbon levy AND a global fuel standard
There are a lot of proposals and a lot of noise around the best pathway to zero. But one thing is clear: without a global levy AND a green fuels requirement (GHG Fuel Standard) AND […]