Climate Crisis
The Belt and Road 2.0 – Interview w/ Mathias Larsen
Tim Sahay speaks to Mathias Larsen about China’s staggering investment in clean tech manufacturing outside of China. In ‘Phenomenal World’. Read the article HERE.
Globalisation
Economics
Michael Roberts – Gold: what’s behind the boom?
Gold is another speculative asset class and a hedge against the US Dollar. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog This week the price […]
Economics
Branko Milanović – Defeated by reality
Like communism, neoliberalism was defeated by reality Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His new book, The Visions of inequality, was published October 10, 2023. Cross-posed from Branko Milanović’s blog Why did neoliberalism, […]
Corruption
Aurelien – The Cult Of Can’t…You’ll just have to put up with it.
Once you accept that change and improvement is in fact possible, much follows. Cross-posted from Aurelien’s Substack Image Attribution: Alisdare Hickson from Woolwich, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons I was originally going […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – US economy: stagflation now more than a whiff
The growing signs of stagflation defy mainstream analysis, which is predicated on the idea that employment and inflation are always moving in opposite directions. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and […]
Economics
Economics
Jeffrey Sachs – A New Foreign Policy for Europe
It is time for Europe to abandon Germany’s Nazi based “Feminist Foreign Policy” and US hegemony and create a fogeign policy that serves the interest of Europeans *Jeffrey D. Sachs is University Professor and Director of […]
Economics
Larry C. Johnson – Trump’s Tariff Policy is Empowering BRICS… A Look at India and China
Forget trying to interpret Trump. Keep your eye on the ball outside of the US Larry C. Johnson is a former CIA officer and intelligence analyst, and former planner and advisor at the US State […]
Economics
Michael R. Strain: The (non) effect of tariffs on manufacturing employment
American manufacturing is not in crisis and manufacturing jobs do not deserve special attention, and that the trade war is likely to decrease manufacturing employment rather than increase it. Read the article HERE This photo […]
Geopolitics
EuroNews – EU defends sovereign right to regulate tech against Trump’s latest tariff threat
After capitulating to Trump, did the European Commission really thing it would end there. The trade deal was agreed a month ago and The Donald is already back for more. Read the article HERE.