Michael Hudson: Eurasian World Order – New Global Governance
Michael Hudson discusses hot topics, such as the implications of the SCO conference and Xi’s global governance proposal.
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“At CDC, Worries Mount That Agency Has Taken Anti-Science Turn”
How the debate over RFK, Jr. imposing big policy changes at the CDC illustrates the depth of tribalism in American discourse.
Read more...Charter Cities Attempting to Create a Libertarian Paradise
Libertarians are engaging in colonialism 2.0 by setting up self-governing enclaves in poor countries.
Read more...Tariffs and US Dollar Depreciations: Not So Surprising After All
How conventional thinking on how the dollar would respond to Trump tariffs missed a key factor: retaliation.
Read more...What Happens as Trump’s Losses Mount?
What will Trump do as his policy backfires become too large and frequent to deny?
Read more...U.S. Utilities Put in a No-Win Position by Phantom Data Centers
AI players are gaming utilities, and creating high odd of bad outcomes for other customers, by making duplicate orders for power.
Read more...James Galbraith: Crash in Top Economist Hiring Contradicts Elite-Favoring “Skill Biased Technical Change” Theory
Contrary to some economists’models, salaries aren’t constantly reset based on skills or technology. They follow the economy and politics.
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Trump’s Appellate Court Tariff Loss: It Isn’t Over Until the Fat Lady Sings
Trump is likely to win his retaliatory tariff battle at the Supreme Court and even if not, he’s too fond of this bludgeon to give it up.
Read more...The Destruction of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
A detalied history of the two incarnations of Yugoslavia and how the state unraveled.
Read more...Fed Governor Lisa Cook v. Trump: “That Mortgage Document Doesn’t Say What You Think It Says”
More on the holes in the Trump allegations that Fed governor Lisa Cook committed mortgage fraud.
Read more...Links 8/30/2025
Michael Hudson: How Lenders Sought and Got Power in the Roman Era and Helped Legitimate Later Rentierism
Michael Hudson recaps the long history of limits on lenders’ rights for the benefit of society and how the Roman era was an inflection point
Read more...Dead States, Living Borders: Three Historical Cases of ‘State Revival’: Armenia, Vietnam, and Poland
Case studies of Armenia, Vietnam and Poland as countries that re-emerged after conquest. What set them apart?
Read more...“Forcing Zelensky to Hand Putin Ukraine’s ‘Fortress Belt’ in Donetsk Will Lose It the War”
While some Western pundits are starting to acknowledge Ukraine’s dire condition, large amounts of porcine maquillage are also being applied.
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