Some Additional Comments on the Russian Counter-Sanction of Requiring Gas Payments in Roubles
Attempting to clear some of the fog around the Russia counter-sanction of requiring rouble payment for gas by “unfriendly nations.”
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How Fossil Fuel Governments Control the IPCC
The work of the IPCC is necessary. That’s why it’s important that the UN not be the owners of the go-to reports it issues.
Read more...How This Month Produced a Mind-Boggling Warm-Up in Eastern Antarctica (and the Arctic)
Why part of Antarctica suffered wildly out of band warmth.
Read more...Russia Counter-Sanctions “Unfriendly Nations” by Requiring Gas Payments in Roubles; Dallas Fed Predicts 2022 Global Recession if Russian Energy Supply Remains Restricted
Clearing up misunderstandings about the Russian move to require unfriendly countries to pay roubles for gas.
Read more...The Subtle Psychology of Nudges During a Pandemic
For years, the U.S. and U.K. governments embraced the concept of nudges to change social behavior. Then came Covid-19.
Read more...Inside the Chaotic Charter Schools Run by For-Profit Accel Schools
Yves here. It might seem easy to dismiss the child-warehousing-masquerading-as-education perpetrated by Accel Schools as a charter school outlier. But as this article explains, Accel embodies a new trend to profit-maximization and asset stripping in this arena. By Jeff Bryant, a writing fellow and chief correspondent for Our Schools. He is a communications consultant, freelance […]
Read more...Stagflation Threat: Be Pragmatic, Not Dogmatic
More discussion of the current, misguided central bank use of interest rates to combat inflation, and what will probably become stagflation.
Read more...Links 3/23/2022
Russia Sanctions Collateral Damage: Diesel Shortage Risk Worsening, EV Batteries
More on the “soon to be with us” sanctions-induced diesel shortage, along with EV battery woes.
Read more...Sanders Opposes America COMPETES Act Over Billions in ‘Corporate Welfare’
Sanders takes on the supposed US competitiveness-boosting COMPETES Act as corporate grifting.
Read more...Michael Hudson Discusses Russia Sanctions Blowback on the Renegade
Michael Hudson revisits how US sanctions will ultimately hurt its economy more than Russisa’s, as crippling the dollar hegemony.
Read more...Productivity Dynamics of Working from Home
More on the debate over whether worker productivity takes a hit at home.
Read more...Links 3/22/2022
Ukraine Latest: More Shortages; Misunderstanding Russian Strategy?
Some brief Ukraine sightings.
Read more...At What Point Does a Billionaire’s Greed Hurt the Rest of Us?
How the growth of a billionaire class is the result of policy choices.
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