Weaponizing Free Trade Agreements
free trade agreements may increasingly become economic weapons in the new Cold War, disrupting earlier globalization.
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Readers to the Rescue: Help With Betty-Jo’s Post-Cancer Liver Treatments So She Doesn’t Have to Live in Her Car
Betty-Jo, who was my deceased mother’s best aide, has been run over by our predatory, for-profit medical system. Please help!
Read more...Interview: James Poskett on Reframing the History of Science
In “Horizons,” a historian of science highlights the crucial achievements of non-Western scientists and thinkers.
Read more...‘Indefensible’: Outrage as New Reporting Shines Light on Biden Deal With McConnell
Biden gets played again. A feature or a bug?
Read more...How to Get Rid of Medical Debt — Or Avoid It in the First Place
A primer on how to deal with an American affliction, medical debt.
Read more...Michael Hudson: A Depression Is Coming
Economist Michael Hudson explains the inflation crisis and warns a “long depression” is coming, due to the new cold war on Russia and China.
Read more...The Fed Tackles Kalecki
A well regarded paper by Fed researchers challenges conventional views on the relationship between inflation and employment
Read more...New York Times Shows How McKinsey “Guided” Major Opioid Players, Causing Even More Deaths
More on how McKinsey has gotten away with murder.
Read more...Fighting Words – What the Poles Say When They Dare Do Nothing About NATO and the US
How Poland is getting the short end of the stick from the US and NATO. Not that that should be a surprise.
Read more...Damage from Air Pollutants You Won’t Hear About from Your Doctor
A useful reminder that the health costs of bad air are more extensive than most people realize. But what to do?
Read more...Drax Eyeing California as Site of New Biomass Carbon Capture Plant
UK company Drax is pitching a huge project, and seeking huge subsidies. for an unproven biomass technology.
Read more...Links 6/29/2022
As CalPERS Doubles Down on Private Equity, New Analysis Finds CalPERS’ Private Equity Returns “Based on a Mirage;” Another Study Reaffirms that Private Equity Drags Down Performance
Yet more reasons why CalPERS needs to kick its private equity bad habit.
Read more...Oil Markets Could Face A Doomsday Scenario This Week
How will oil markets react if they get confirmation that OPEC+ has no spare production capacity?
Read more...Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine Didn’t Cause the Food Crisis. Capitalism Did
Small farmers are the world’s primary suppliers of food. It’s imperative we listen to them, not the big corporates
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