Noam Chomsky: American Power Under Pressure
Seeing states as the vehicle for projecting power is dated, particularly as far as understanding America’s position is concerned.
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Soros Warns of 2008-Like Debt Growth in China. How Risky are Its Banks?
Is China as at much risk as Soros suggests it is?
Read more...How Much Has Global Economic Power Really Shifted?
Why the shift in economic power from advanced to developing economies has not gone as far as most accounts would have you believe.
Read more...Is an Aussie Debt Crisis Around the Corner?
Australia’s macro numbers are looking more worrisome by the minute. Is this a trajectory to a debt crisis?
Read more...Marshall Auerback: Donald Trump Understands the Nexus Between Trade and Immigration
By linking immigration and trade, however crudely, Trump has exposed the broader paradox and inherent contradictions which lurk between the two.
Read more...Senators Try to Scuttle Syngenta/ChemChina Merger, in a Harbinger for U.S. Posture Toward Chinese Investment
This is a big week for the future of American industry. Chinese Premier Xi Jinping will meet one-on-one with President Obama on the sidelines of a summit in Washington. The Chinese will apparently use the meeting to make a new offer on a bilateral investment treaty that would pave the way for more foreign direct […]
Read more...Reducing Carbon Emissions Won’t Halt Economic Growth
The big obstacle to reducing carbon emissions isn’t economic costs, but inertia and the impact on powerfully placed special interests.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Desperate “Dumb Money” from China Now Chasing Unicorns
The influx of money from China is increasingly going into bubbly markets and sectors.
Read more...Ilargi: China – A 5-Year Plan And 50 Million Jobs Lost
Why China will be unable to escape the loss of millions of jobs.
Read more...China Continues to Focus on Growth, Not Reform
Growth remains a top priority in China, but how will the central government achieve it?
Read more...China’s Vulnerable External Balance Sheet
A look at the risks of China’s external debt.
Read more...The China Delusion
Why the path forward for China is fraught from both an economic and political standpoint.
Read more...Michael Hudson Discusses the New Global Financial Cold War
Michael Hudson discusses his paper, The IMF Changes Its Rules To Isolate China and Russia, and how jockeying among the big power players is becoming more visible and higher stakes.
Read more...Eurobanks: The Probable Point of Failure as Systemic Stress Rises
Why Eurobanks are the most likely fracture point if current economic stresses continue.
Read more...Chinese Communists and Wacko U.S. Right Want to Save Us from Girlie Men
Real men are evidently an endangered species,. Chinese communists and the American Enterprise Institute are in the vanguard of trying to fix that.
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