Gaius Publius: Is Clinton Still a Carbon Candidate? The Data to Date
Clinton looks like a carbon candidate who is making predictable rhetorical gestures otherwise to fool the rubes.
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Will the Paris Attacks Herald the End of the Schengen Agreement?
The big thing I’ve learned since I hung up my keyboard as a generalist blogger is to, as much as possible, stay in my lane. I share everyone’s horror at the Paris attacks, and like everyone else have my own thoughts, however unformed, on the best way forward. But I make no pretensions to deep insight on international terrorism and a Middle East that has confounded just about every so-called expert for as long as I’ve been alive. So I’d rather just try to keep up with developments (and you’ll see more of that in the Links).
But there is something, first brought to my attention by Chris Hayes, on which I may be able to comment intelligently. Details are a little murky, but it appears France is seeking some wiggle room on the Schengen agreement.
Read more...The Disaster of Greek Austerity
Data and on the ground reports on the high cost of Greek austerity.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Can Miami Beach Survive Global Warming?
Miami Beach as a canary in the coal mine for global warming.
Read more...Matthew Cunningham-Cook: TPP – A Recipe for Financial Market Contagion
How the TPP would make financial firms that are “TIBACO” – that is, too interconnected, big, and complex to oversee – even more dangerous.
Read more...Gulf States to be Hoist Early on Climate Change Petard
The Gulf states will be among the first to suffer severe repercussions from climate change. The problem is the rest of us will not be all that far behind in line.
Read more...Greece and Creditors at Loggerheads Again; Troika Wants More Foreclosures
uropean creditors want to extract more blood from a stone, in this case Greece.
Read more...Afghanistan “After” the American War
A grim look at conditions on the ground in Afghanistan.
Read more...Why Has Carbon Capture And Storage Not Taken Off Yet?
How the economics of carbon capture are impeding widespread adoption.
Read more...“Stunning” Rise in Death Rate, Pain Levels for Middle-Aged, Less Educated Whites
An HIV-level silent epidemic has hit less-educated, middle aged whites, with death rates rising, contrary to patterns in the rest of the world and in other US populations.
Read more...Who Benefits From Sovereign Debt Crises?
Even though the struggle over Greece’s bailout has receded from the news, with many countries carrying large debt burdens, the need to restructure sovereign debts is not going away. This Real News Network segment gives an overview of the state of play.
Read more...Foreign Banks Such as Deutsche Using Variant of Lehman “Repo 105” Balance-Sheet Tarting Up Strategy
Foreign Banks Such as Deutsche Using Variant of Lehman “Repo 105” Balance-Sheet Tarting Up Strategy
Read more...Don Quijones: US Threatens UK over Brexit Vote
The spectacle of the US attempting to influence UK domestic politics through having the US Trade Representative Michael Froman issue a threat is pathetic, overreaching, and unconvincing.
Read more...Michael Hudson: How the U.S. Avoided Chronic Deflation by Relinquishing Monetary Control to Wall Street
Why finance-influenced economic policy in the US has managed to avoid deflation while in Europe, it has stoked it.
Read more...China’s Raging Bond Bubble Exposed
Yet another China risk warning.
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