USDA Researchers Instructed to Investigate Foreign Colleagues
The Trump administration asks USDA scientists to research foreign co-authors for suspected collaboration or crimes.
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Greenland and Irrational Responses to the Crisis of Capital Accumulation
The case that the tech bros desire for freedom cities and need for AI energy is driving the Greenland obsession.
Read more...The Day of the Dollar: Is It Over?
More on the prospects for the dollar. Even under Trump, it remains the cleanest shirt in the laundry bin.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Weaponizing the World’s Oil Trade is the Bedrock of the U.S. Rules-Based Order
How justifications for US foreign and economic policy revolve around the oil trade.
Read more...Does Washington’s Global War Against China’s Oil Suppliers Stand Any Chance of Success?
The prospects are not looking good.
Read more...“Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict Win Midterm Votes?”
Trump’s plan for US military spending of $1.5 trillion puts the military at the core of his presidency and may signal a move to all-out war.
Read more...Trump’s Gangsterism Escalation: Plans to Steal and Sell Venezuela Oil; Seizure of Russian And Chinese Tankers; Greenlight of Maximum Pressure Sanctions; Venezuela and Denmark Not On Board With Heists
Trump continues on a warpath on multiple fronts: Venezuela, Russia, China, and Denmark.
Read more...Two Decades of Chinese Industrial Subsidies
A profile of China’s subsidies and how they have changed over time. Counter-intuitively, agriculture is the most important recipient.
Read more...Trump’s Greenland Threats: Will He or Won’t He Act?
Why Trump’s saber-rattling over Greenland should be taken seriously.
Read more...EU’s Carbon Border Tax Goes Live, Eliciting Threats from China and Perhaps Soon, the US
China and India are unhappy about a new EU carbon tax on exports like steel. The US is expected to join the chorus. Will they retaliate?
Read more...Even the Wall Street Journal Doubts the Trump Seize-Venezuela-Oil Scheme
Despite Trump’s loud proclamations, his fevered Venezuela oil heist dreams are set to go nowhere. So what happens then?
Read more...How China’s Overinvestment Helped Produce Africa’s Deindustrialization
An in-depth article from a leftist vantage on China’s extensive involvement in Africa finds that it has been a net negative for development
Read more...American Pirates and the Coming Militarization of Commercial Shipping
Much be made o’ china militarized commercial ship sightin’ but there be Yankee gentlemen o’ fortune o’er yonder.
Read more...Michael Hudson: The Economic Unravelling of the Political West
Michael Hudson describes the development and progression of America’s economic parasitism.
Read more...Satyajit Das: The Shadow of Financial Instability
Shadow banks, rebranded as anodyne “non-bank financial institutions” are larger than ever and pose a threat in a new financial crisis
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