Brexit Crash Out Virtually Certain
Brexit uglies are only getting uglier.
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Michael Hudson: Argentina’s New $50 Billion IMF Loan Is Designed to Replay its 2001 Crisis
Michael Hudson explains why the new IMF bailout of Argentina will not end well.
Read more...Argentina 20 Years On: Has the IMF Really Changed Its Ways?
The IMF is back in Argentina. The fund pretends that it’s moved away from borrower-punitive programs, but the evidence says otherwise.
Read more...America’s Subprime Economy
This so-called expansion is more and more brought to you by subprime borrowings.
Read more...Can Trump, Israel, and Gulf Allies Get Putin to Turn On Iran?
Trump will meet this week with Putin in Helsinki. But despite talk of a “grand bargain” that enlists Russia in helping the US-Israel-Saudi-UAE front against Iran, don’t expect it to happen, says professor Rami Khouri in this Real News Network interview.
Read more...Trump’s Visit Marks the Start of Shock Doctrine Brexit
As Brexit approaches, the personal enrichment hopes of some of its proponents come into focus.
Read more...David Davis Resignation Throws UK Brexit, Cabinet Into Chaos
Brexit goes chaotic.
Read more...Iran Threatens To Close the Strait of Hormuz
Yves here. A map of the Strait of Hormuz and environs seemed a useful addition. The danger, as the article insinuates, is that if things got that far, a conflict over the Strait of Hormuz would escalate into a full-scale conflagration. By Dr. Cyril Widdershoven, a long-time observer of the global energy market. Presently, he […]
Read more...Bank, Corporate Brexodus Begins as “No-Deal” Brexit Looms
Awfully late in the game, various players are facing up to the fact that Brexit may really happen, and it could well be the ugliest version.
Read more...Ilargi: Migration Blowback
On misdirected anger over migration policies.
Read more...May’s New Brexit Trade Scheme Dead Before Arrival
Spain tells Theresa May to quit wasting her time on trying to sell the EU27 on a special Brexit trade scheme.
Read more...Brexit: Chaos Visible
As businesses finally start telling the press they are worried about Brexit, the press is still not coming to grips with key issues.
Read more...Wilkerson: Don’t Trust Trump, Bolton to Deliver US-North Korea Peace
Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson and Real News Network host Aaron Mate mix it up a bit more than usual on the topic of North Korea.
Read more...Richard Murphy: New Funding Structure for the Bank of England Suggests That the Treasury Thinks the Proverbial Is Going To Hit the Fan
The Bank of England is being readied to print, as in deficit spend, in the face of a hard or crash out Brexit.
Read more...EU to Members: Prepare for No Deal Brexit
An official “put on your life jackets” Brexit warning.
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