Russia’s incursion (invasion if you prefer) into Crimea, with prospects for movement into Eastern Ukraine, is the culmination of US/NATO policy since 1991.
Read more...I’m really looking forward to meeting readers. And guess what? Matt Stoller has said he’ll join us. We’ve had a very enthusiastic response, so this should be a fun event.
Read more...Normally, I would not continue to give readers the blow-by-blow on our outstanding complaints with the company Yoast, which is best known for its Yoast Wordpress SEO plugin, over a review of our site
Read more...Yves here. While I have every reason to assume the Russians mean to act on the currency front, on the surface, the remarks Wolf discusses in his post appear to be based on a misapprehension. But there may more method here than meets the eye.
Read more...Some readers get upset about comment moderation, so it appears to be time for some remarks and reminders.
Read more...Tony Benn’s passing saddened and concentrated my mind.
Read more...Our bad experience with vendor known as Yoast, in a perverse case of synchronicity, illustrates our theme of the crapification of everything. Nevertheless, we suspect you’ll find our shaggy dog story to be entertaining.
Read more...From a reader: “two eminent professors with decades of serious work have been dumped unceremoniously by Columbia because they could no longer bring in the grant millions for the university business to extract rent from. This is Ivy-league neoliberalism at its worst thanks to the spineless Democrats/Obama White House allowing government science funding to get pummeled while Bush’s tax cuts are preserved. “
Read more...Yves here. Not only is the Bank of England siding with Post-Keynesian ideas about money, but it has even taken to creating layperson-friendly videos about the nature of money.
Read more...Warning to Bitcoin enthusiasts: if you airily try dismissing UCC Article 9 as a nothigburger, you’ve just established you are unqualified to comment on commercial transactions in the US. Read what follows and be warned.
Read more...Catherine Curan of the New York Post has an important new story on a Federal lawsuit that looks to have unearthed a smoking gun about systematic document fabrication at Wells Fargo.
Read more...Is CalPERS’ General Counsel trying to pull a fast one on its board?
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