Political Power and Profitable Trades in the US Congress
A new study finds that it’s not the Congress rank and file that generates insider trading big bucks, only some of the leaders.
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Russian Central Bank Sues Euroclear Over Frozen Assets; Will the EU Be Hoist on the Investor-State Settlement Disputes (ISDS) Petard?
Hoo boy. Russia looks to be using much demonized (by labor and environmental rights advocates) investor-state dispute settlement provisions to pursue Euroclear.
Read more...Jeffrey Sachs: Trump’s Empire of Hubris and Thuggery
Trump’s latest National Security Strategy memorandum treats the freedom to coerce others as the essence of US sovereignty.
Read more...Israel Is Acting with Impunity. Is It Overconfident in Trump’s Support?
More Americans support Palestine than Israel for the first time ever. But does that matter to Trump?
Read more...Trump Administration Joins EU in Russian Frozen Asset Madness
I want whatever Team Trump is smoking. Their Russian frozen assets plan has achieved impressive new levels of delusion.
Read more...U.S. Seizes Oil Tanker Off Venezuelan Coast
Some updates on the US capture of an oil tanker that had just departed from Venezuela.
Read more...Economic Questions: James Tobin’s Transaction Tax
A Tobin tax is a no-brainer for reducing speculation and financial crisis risk. That is reason enough to keep it from being implemented.
Read more...The U.S. Is Betting the Economy on ‘Scaling’ AI: Where Is the Intelligence When One Needs It?
A detailed discussion of how AI data-center investment boom is soking a societally and financially costly bubble
Read more...How Corporate Democrats Made Trump Possible: A 10-Year Timeline
Yes, corporate Democrats did indeed grease the skids for Trump’s presidency, but the key misdeeds go back to Obama.
Read more...Trump’s Idea for Health Accounts Has Been Tried. Millions of Patients Have Ended Up in Debt.
A look at Trump’s non-solution to the looming problem of the expiration of Covid-era ACA subsidies.
Read more...President Putin and Prime Minister Modi Share a Future Strategy That’s No Joke for President Trump
Even with the Putin-Modi lovefest and shared strategic aims, meeting their trade targets will be a heavy lift.
Read more...What’s the Likelihood of a NATO-Russian Non-Aggression Pact?
How Poland will play an essential role in what happens next between with NATO and Russia.
Read more...Revulsion, La Grande Bouffe, and the Spectacle of Grotesque Elite Self and System Destruction
Why our elites, starting with the top ranks in the Trump Administration, are disgusting.
Read more...With UK Politics in Flux, Corbyn’s Your Party May Surprise You Yet
Last weekend, two very different Your Party conferences took place: the one reported on in the press, and the real one
Read more...Brexit’s Slow‑Burn Hit to the UK Economy
A new analysis finds that Brexit imposed higher costs on the UK than forecasts at the time projected.
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