Dirty Work: Buying Votes at the UN Security Council
Quelle surprise: pay to play in Security Council votes.
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The Global Financial Crime Wave Is No Accident
Financial crime is a feature of our global financial system not a bug, pioneering economist Susan Strange recognized.
Read more...Sears Bankruptcy Engineered to Benefit Executives and Stiff Workers
Another look at the ugly Sears bankruptcy.
Read more...Uncertainty and Legal Institutions: The Impact of the Brexit Vote on EU Law Application in the UK
How Brexit is already affecting UK jurisprudence.
Read more...Links 11/21/18
Brexit: Even More Confusion
Brexit politics have become even more deranged.
Read more...CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost Misrepresentations Scandal Not Going Away: Former Board Member and Board Designee Continue to Press for Investigation
CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost is still getting heat over her misrepresentations before and after her hiring.
Read more...Debunking One “Global Cooling” Argument
A quick kneecapping of some deliberate misconstruction on the global warming front.
Read more...Michael Hudson: “Moral Hazard” vs Mutual Aid – How the Bronze Age Saved Itself from Debt Serfdom
Bronze Age societies forgave agricultural debt to keep cultivators working on their land, able to pay taxes and work in the military and on public projects. Lenders were seen as greedy and exploitative.
Read more...New York Media Touts Private Equity Obamist Deval Patrick as Presidential Candidate
Why is the media covering up that Deval Patrick became wealthy via asset-stripping at Bain Capital?
Read more...Why I Have Given Up on Powell’s Books
My inability to place an online order at Powell’s Books despite multiple attempts says something is very wrong.
Read more...An MMT View of “Twin Deficits”: Budget and Current Account Deficits
Why the worries about the US budget deficit and China buying Treasuries are overblown.
Read more...Hope to See You At Our Birmingham Meetup This Monday, November 19
Hope you can join our Birmingham meetup!
Read more...Links 11/17/18
Labour MPs Should Vote Against Theresa May’s Brexit Deal. It Is a Poison Pill
Labour wants to play a game of chicken with May over Brexit.
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