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Read more...Michael Hudson describes how the war with Russia is changing the economic and political order, and not to the advantage of Europe and the US.
Read more...An update on the impact of global warming in the Arctic.
Read more...On Merkel’s and Germany’s posture toward the war in Ukraine and Russia generally.
Read more...The pathologies that produced the financial crisis are still circulating.
Read more...On the economic effects of wars, drawing on a novel database of nearly 400 wars over the past two centuries.
Read more...A new approach for analyzing the economic cost of war finds the impact on Donetsk, even before the SMO, is very high.
Read more...Some anecdotes on not-great care for the aged.
Read more...Taking stock of the damage done by Russia’s continuing missile attacks and what that means for the war in Ukraine.
Read more...Moves to end energy dependence on Russia are a win for the gas lobby, locking Germany into the global market for liquefied natural gas.
Read more...How the greenhouse gas emissions blame game pits advanced economies against developing ones.
Read more...The collective West is having a wee bit of trouble with facts on the ground in Ukraine.
Read more...Sad to see the state of what passes for informed commentary on the European gas squeeze.
Read more...Activists make a passionate case for peace in Ukraine. But the principals are not even remotely on board.
Read more...Western media is overhying the China protests. But to what degree?
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