Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine Highlights America’s Fading Geopolitical Influence
Why Russia is not as isolated as the US press would have you believe. The US has wrongfooted some recent dealing with influential countries.
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5 Commodities That Could Explode As The Ukraine Crisis Escalates
A look at the commodities that are most vulnerable to reduced supply from Russia.
Read more...NYT Recognizes “That Organic Cotton T-Shirt May Not Be as Organic as You Think”
Could a well-structured class action lawsuit either prod fashion companies to build verifiable organic cotton supply chains, or abandon their claims that they’re selling organic cotton?
Read more...Commodities Price Increases and Prospect of Shortages Feeding Inflation Fears
Many commodities, particularly metals and energy, are in short supply, which points to even higher prices.
Read more...Neoliberalism Was Born in Chile. Now It Will Die There
A constitutional convention is remaking Chile to break with the model forged by murderous dictator Augusto Pinochet
Read more...Construction Costs Spike 17.5%, Worst Since at Least 1965. Inventories of New Houses Pile Up, Highest Since 2008. Median Price Dives as Mix Shifts
A rise of unfinished houses thanks to construction delays. Massive supply building up in the pipeline.
Read more...UN Report: The World’s Farms Stretched to ‘A Breaking Point’
UN: Climate-stressed, pollution-degraded farms system must adopt sustainable practices to feed an additional 2 billion by 2050.
Read more...Strong Earthquakes Spell Trouble For America’s Oil Heartland
It’s hardly a secret that fracking has produced a sharp increase in the frequency of earthquakes. But now they are becoming more severe too.
Read more...Book Review: Gabe Brown’s “Dirt to Soil”
“From Dirt to Soil” is well worth a read — and very hopeful, a good thing these days.
Read more...Metals May Become the New Oil in Net-Zero Emissions Scenario
Economists project that prices for energy-transition metals will soar and their combined value could match that of crude oil
Read more...Spike in Energy Prices Suggests That Sharp Changes Are Ahead
Gail Tverberg expands her focus beyond energy to provide an analysis of what is going terribly wrong in the world economy
Read more...“We Will No Longer Sell Crude Abroad”: Mexican President AMLO
This is good news for Mexico’s long-beleaguered state-owned oil company, Pemex, but not such good news for the US’ refinery industry.
Read more...Global Weather Disruptions, Food Commodity Prices, and Economic Activity: A Global Warning For Advanced Countries
Examines the macroeconomic effects of global food commodity price increases that are caused by global harvest and weather disruptions, and finds that the decline in economic activity is substantial and greater in advanced than in low-income countries.
Read more...African Faith Leaders to Gates Foundation: Drop ‘African Green Revolution’
“When it comes to the climate, African faith communities are urging the world to think twice before pushing a technical and corporate farming approach.”
Read more...China’s Industrial Slowdown Could Kill The Commodity Rally
Many commentators have fixated on levitating US securities markets, ignoring softening growth in Asia that is now hitting commodity prices
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