Reject CPTPP, Stay Out of New Cold War
Aiee, the TPP is back as the CPTPP. Same bad features but no US market access. What’s not to like?
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Links 7/19/2022
Michael Hudson on Finance Capitalism’s Self-Destructive Nature
Michael Hudson rings the changes on a favorite theme: the differences between the financial capitalism and industrial capitalism systems
Read more...Novichok Investigation Collapses in London Court — Adam Chapman, Lawyer Appointed to Represent Sergei & Yulia Skripal, Doesn’t
A bizarre scene of court chaos as a lawyer supposedly representing key witnesses, the Skripals, in an infamous poising case, plays very dumb.
Read more...Russia’s Campaign in Ukraine: Nearing an Inflection Point?
A high level update on Russia v. Ukraine, since the mainstream media has taken to averting its eyes.
Read more...How Sustainable Manufacturing Could Help Reduce the Environmental Impact of Industry
A short overview of sustainable manufacturing, an idea whose time ought to have come.
Read more...Links 7/16/2022
The Capitalist Solution to ‘Save’ the Planet: Make It an Asset Class & Sell it
John Bellamy Foster explains the plans to create assets on the back of everything nature does and expropriate it from the global commons.
Read more...Groundhog Day For America’s Energy Grid
More energy woes coming to some parts of the US due to the failure to address known infrastructure problems.
Read more...Dollar Diplomacy: Michael Hudson and Steve Keen on Real Progressives
A wide-ranging and free-wheeling discussion of money, oligarchy, trade, China, the future of the dollar….with an eye to MMT.
Read more...Michael Hudson: The End of Western Civilization – Why It Lacks Resilience, and What Will Take Its Place
How neolibearlism and idealization of markets is the latest chapter in the West’s destructive drift towards rule by oligarchs and rentiers.
Read more...‘Good. Now Declare It,’ Says Pressley as Biden Mulls Health Emergency for Abortion Rights
Would declaring a public health emergency work as a Biden Administration abortion Hail Mary pass?
Read more...Links 7/11/2022
Some Quick Thoughts About Russia’s Resilience and America’s Malaise
Seeking reader input on preliminary hypotheses on why Russia is faring better than expected under the sanctions while the US is suffering.
Read more...There is No Nobel Prize in Economics
Yves here. From time to time, readers chide us for lacking the patience to spell out the proper name of economics profession’s imitation Nobel Prize. J.R. Swenson is particularly annoyed by this practice and is highlighting some of the (sadly still few) instances within the discipline of pushing back against the brand appropriation. To highlight […]
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