Wall Street Journal: Why Bashing Chinese Steel Dumping Results in Bashing Allies
Why combatting Chinese steel dumping is harder than it seems.
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Richard Murphy: Why the Swiss Referendum Proposal of Giving the Central Bank Complete Credit Control is Dangerous Folly
Correcting some misunderstanding about proposed monetary reforms that are the subject of a referendum this weekend.
Read more...China Rx: How the US Depends on China for Its Drugs
Why does China need a military? It could bring the US to its knees in months by withholding shipments of drugs and drug ingredients.
Read more...Trade Wars: How Exposed Are EU States and Industries to the US?
Taking a more granular look at how a trade war with the US might hit the EU.
Read more...Links 6/2/18
More Evidence of Increasing Deflationary Pressure on Wages
Bosses on wages: “No more raises for you!”
Read more...Golden State Killer Suspect Arrest Opens Floodgates for Law Enforcement Use of DNA Websites
Police are casting their DNA-matching efforts wider via genealogy websites.
Read more...Republican Mayors Push Climate Action Without Saying ‘Climate Change’
Some Republican officials are more active on the climate front than party rhetoric would have you believe.
Read more...Did Italy’s 5 Star-Lega Coalition Blink in Its First Standoff With Eurocrats and Banksters?
Taking stock of the opening moves in the confrontation between Italy’s upstarts and the European establishment.
Read more...NYC Area Residents: Be Sure to Come to Our Meetup with Lambert This Saturday, June 2
Be sure to catch our New York meetup this Saturday, June 2.
Read more...Delta Is Nice to Your Humble Blogger (Plus Seeking Tech Help)
Delta cuts your humble blogger a break.
Read more...Brexit Becoming More Unpopular as Yet More Warts, Like VAT Administration, Come Into Focus
The latest Brexit updates aren’t very cheery.
Read more...How Puerto Rico’s Death Toll Was Ignored, and Could Have Been Avoided
Why the death toll in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria was so disgracefully high.
Read more...NIRP’s Revenge: Italian Bonds Plunge, Worst Day in Decades
Markets wail and gnash their teeth as normalization of Italian yields sets in.
Read more...Israel and Palestine: A Story of Modern Colonialism
The foundations of Israel are rooted in a colonial project that has modernized its face but continues to subject Palestinians to military occupation, land dispossession and unequal rights.
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