Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

Energy Destinies – Part 2: Renewable Energy – Character Shortcomings

Satyajit Das provides another deep dive into the realities of the so-called energy transition.

Thus We Fall: June Temperature Spike Confirms Dire Climate Change Forecasts

The trajectory of climate change is starting to look worse.

Drugmakers Are Abandoning Cheap Generics, and Now US Cancer Patients Can’t Get Meds

The US is is abandoning treatable patients, first by not providing reasonably priced insulin, now by ignoring cancer drug shortages.

Biden Undoes Blinken China Visit and Then Some by Calling Xi a Dictator

When you thought the US might finally have hit bottom on the China front, we show we can reach new lows.

The Economic Effects of Military Support for Ukraine: Evidence from Fiscal Multipliers in Donor Countries

An argument that spending on Ukraine is not quite as unproductive as it seems.

The Silent Slaughter of the Flower of Ukraine’s Youth

The bloody war in Ukraine has reached the carnage phase, as least for Urkaine’s men and their backers.

Blinken-Qin Talks in Beijing: US and China Agree to Keep Talking Past Each Other

Readouts from a meeting between Anthony Blinken and his counterpart Qin Gang indicate the US and China are barely communicating.

To His Last Breath, Daniel Ellsberg Fought to Save the World

Paul Jay on Ellsberg: “Dan fearlessly risked everything in his unwavering quest for social justice and opposition to war. “

Energy Destinies – Part 1: Power Needs and Sources – Balancing Barrels

Satyajit Das provides a series on the energy transition, starting with the historical role of energy and supply and demand patterns.

As Wildfire Smoke Clears, Scientists Warn Air Quality Impacts Aren’t Over

As bad air becomes a new normal, advanced economies grapple with impact of sooty wildfire smoke on top of existing pollutants.

Michael Hudson at Global University, Hong Kong, on Ukraine, Europe, China, and the Dollar’s Future

Michael Hudson gives a globe-spanning look at recent economic and geopolitical events.

How This Regional Bank Mortgage Lender Crisis is Different

Every bank crisis has its own overarching narrative and streams of sub-narratives that course through the marketplace day to day.

The War on Terror’s Lingering Pain

The war on terror’s high costs are buried in the US.

Is Russia’s Least Bad Option Now the Maximalist Stance of Taking Control of Western Ukraine?

Is Russia moving towards the perceived necessity of subduing western Ukraine? And how might that work?