What Would a Russian Victory in Ukraine Look Like?
Russia has some thorny and apparently not resolved questions about its end game in Ukraine.
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US Fed-Induced World Stagnation Deepens Debt Distress
US and Fed bad cooking has led to weak growth the world, and by urging poor countries to borrow at once-low rates, debt distress.
Read more...Links 7/6/2024
Michael Hudson: We Need a New Political Vocabulary
Yves here. Thank the persistent and very long running campaign to move the values of the US to the right for the hollowing out of the meaning of traditional political labels that Michael Hudson describes below. It can’t be said often enough that the change in the where the center was perceived to sit was […]
Read more...‘Disturbing Milestone’: Israeli Settler Attacks in West Bank Surpass 1,000 Since October 7
A group of aid agencies decried that no Israeli civilian or soldier has been prosecuted for any of these 1,000 attacks in the West Bank.
Read more...How Many People Knew About Biden? Turns Out, A Lot
How long has the cover-up about Biden’s deterioration been going on?
Read more...The New Curse of Critical Minerals
An updated look at the classic resource curse.
Read more...Germany’s Grid Is Getting Greener as Its Industry Is Weakening
Why Germany’s claimed green transition progress is less impressive than it appears when you decompose the data.
Read more...Project 2025 Architect Signals Bloodshed If Left Opposes Trump-Led ‘Revolution’
The “second American Revolution” underway will “remain bloodless,” said the head of Project 2025 “if the left allows it to be.”
Read more...Links 7/3/2024
The Anxious Generation: A View of Where We Are and What Should Come Next
Jonathan Haidt contends that changes in childrearing practices have produced adults who on average are more anxious and fragile
Read more...The Houthis Turn the Red Sea Redder, Stymieing Israel and the US
A look at the history of Yemen, its place in the region, and the remarkable Houthi campaign against Israel and Red Sea shipping.
Read more...July 4 Holiday Schedule
We will be taking a holiday of sorts via a reduced number of posts through next Monday. Hope you can take a break too!
Read more...Links 7/2/2024
Biden’s De Facto EV Mandate at Risk After Supreme Court ‘Chevron’ Ruling
A look at just one implication of the fresh Chevron Supreme Court ruling demonstrates how far-reaching it is.
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