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Economics
Michael Roberts – Japan election: from stagnation to stagflation
Today Japan is holding a snap general election. The favourite is a Trumpist. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog In Japan, a general […]
Finance
Branko Milanović – Why We All Care About Inequality (But Are Loath to Admit It)
Is it envy or justice? 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 Global Inequality and More 3.0 Diego […]
Economics
DeStatis – German Recession: Production in December 2025: -0.6% on the same month a year earlier
The last time it was this low was just after Covid in May 2020 Production in industry December 2025 (in real terms, provisional): -1.9% on the previous month (seasonally and calendar adjusted) -0.6% on the […]
Economics
John Mearsheimer, Chris Hedges – What Will the Future Look Like in the ‘New World Order?’
Donald Trump believes that U.S. economic and military might are all he needs to become a benign dictator and achieve unilateral control over America’s allies — what will the effects of this policy be? […]
Economics
Alastair Crooke – Gaza reconstruction; Ukraine reconstruction – ‘It’s all business’
Everything is ‘business’ in Trump’s geo-politics Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from the Strategic Culture online journal President Donald Trump and attorney Steve Witkoff […]
Economics
Aurelien – Beyond The Appearances…The joys of an Ideal world.
The modern western political class is incapable of understanding that money and reality are too different things Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” Ideas for these essays develop in strange ways. I […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – The debasement trade and the future of the dollar
The long-standing ‘extraordinary privilege’ of the dollar is not going to end any time soon Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog The gold […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – AI and creative destruction
Understanding the complex interaction between technological change, capital and labour. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog Capital expenditure by the ‘hyperscalers’ and tech […]
EU politics
Adam Tooze – Is ‘decline’ really Europe’s problem?
Analysis of how European and American economic performance compares. In Adam Tooze’s Substack. Read the article HERE.