Trump’s Version of the Iran Accord: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
A clinical look at the Administration’s disingenuous Iran spin.
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Mr. Market and the Press Diss Deutsche Bank’s Turnaround Plan
A hard look at Deutsche’s restructuring plan reveals a lot not to like
Read more...Deutsche Bank Throws in the Towel, Announces Restructuring into Bad Bank/Good Bank, Firing of 18,000
The beginning of an end for Deutsche Bank.
Read more...Ilargi: Memo to the US – The Winds Are Shifting
Why the US looks like it has a glass jaw.
Read more...U.N. Report: ‘Human Rights Might Not Survive’ Climate Crisis
Not surprisingly, the poor, particularly in developing countries, will be devastated by climate change.
Read more...”Maximum Pressure” Campaign Fails To Kill Off Iran’s Oil Exports
Iran and the US look deadlocked.
Read more...One Hundred Years After World War I, Are We Heading Back to the Abyss?
The odds of a major war, even one that could fracture the world order, appear uncomfortably high.
Read more...Brexit Radicals
Looking for cheery news on Brexit? You’ll have to look awfully hard.
Read more...Plastic Watch: G20 Issues Pathetic Declaration
G20 issues Osaka Blue Ocean Vision, a voluntary plastic management plan so inadequate the plastic industry endorsed it immediately.
Read more...Climate Change is Devastating India With Heat Waves and Water Shortages
Climate disasters in India are fueled by its resource mismanagement and fossil fuel consumption policies, says political economist Shouvik Chakraborty.
Read more...Lawrence Wilkerson: Trump Is Deepening the ‘Economic War’ Against Iran
Lawernce Wilkerson offers another dose of his pithy commentary on US policy versus Iran.
Read more...Are Economists Blocking Progress on Climate Change?
As they so often do, by promoting unrealisitc models, economists have become part of problem rather than the solution.
Read more...Brexit: Sleepwalking
The Brexit zombie lurches forward.
Read more...What Is a ‘Climate Refugee’ and How Many Are There?
Climate-change-induced migration is significant and set to grow. But no one seems to have any answers, save perhaps the neoliberal default, “Die sooner”.
Read more...The Two-State Solution Is Dead. Bloodbath Next?
It’s not an exaggeration to say that the Israeli plan to force integration of Palestine will lead to a bloodbath. But what are the alternatives?
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