Brexit Denialism: The Customs/Border Problem and the Curious Case of the Pallets
A case study of how basic, critically important Brexit issues like customs are being ignored by the Government, to the peril of the public.
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Out of Africa: Why the Migration Wave?
Why are so many risking their lives to flee Africa?
Read more...Climate Change Enabling US Military to Play Greatly Enlarged Domestic Role
Why climate change is great for the Pentagon’s budget and bad for Americans’ freedom.
Read more...Will the Great Taper Bring on GFC 2.0?
If you believe asset prices are bubbly, the soon-to-start central bank taper looks likely to pop them.
Read more...Brexit Talks Stall, Making Hard Brexit Even More Likely
The Brexit talks went from bad to worse in August.
Read more...Puerto Rico Is Getting Squeezed, and It Will Cost All of Us
Puerto Rico illustrates why implementing austerity policies in weak economies backfires.
Read more...Disasters and Price Gouging
The rational case against profiteering during disasters.
Read more...North Korea: How Obama Regime Change Policy Created the Crisis Trump Has Inherited
Secret Obama backstory to the North Korea crisis; Sony, CIA, admin promoted Seth Rogen’s film, The Interview, hoping to provoke a coup.
Read more...How to Help the Neediest Harvey Victims, Wherever You Live
Please chip in to support an on-the-ground effort to help Hurricane Harvey victims.
Read more...Nomi Prins: A Decade of G7 Central Bank Collusion – and Counting..
Why central bank snake oil and financier-favoring interventions have done great harm to ordinary people.
Read more...Hurricane Harvey Throws Global Oil Markets Into Chaos
By Nick Cunningham, a Vermont-based writer on energy and environmental issues. You can follow him on Twitter: @nickcunningham1. Originally published at OilPrice The most powerful Hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years has devastated much of the coast, and the historic flooding is now causing havoc in the energy markets. The rain is […]
Read more...NC Classic: The Tinkerbell Market
A classic from our market commentary in the runup to the financial crisis.
Read more...UK Trying to Renegotiate Shape of the Brexit Table, Which Will Effectively Shut Down Talks
The UK is managing to make its bad Brexit situation worse.
Read more...The Ludicrous Prepper Plans of the Super Rich
A perverse bit of good news: the super rich aren’t planning their survival moves any better than they are executing their leadership roles.
Read more...G20 Climate Commitments and China’s One Belt One Road
A critical look at some wishful thinking about climate change and China’s One Belt One Road initiative.
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