James K. Galbraith: The Gift of Sanctions – An Analysis of Assessments of the Russian Economy, 2022 – 2023
Galbraith debunks conventional wisdom on sanctions against Russia.
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Telegram Leak of US/NATO Document Paints Grim Picture of Condition of Ukraine’s Military
In a bit of synchronicity, after pointing out that the Collective West was more free with information with respect to Ukraine than was ideal during a war, today we have the US government het up about an apparent leak. The New York Times reported that some US and NATO plans for building up the third […]
Read more...Fossil Fuel Industry Phase-Out: Three Critical Worker Guarantees for a Just Transition
PERI research shows just transition policies are easily affordable in all high-income countries and critical to limiting climate change
Read more...What’s Actually Behind the Banking Crisis? Why You Pay When They Play.
Law and economics expert Walker Todd explains how a financialized system creates havoc and why it’s time to rethink banking
Read more...Michael Hudson Talks to Ben Norton About SVB and Bank Failures
Michael Hudson gives a wide-ranging talk on SVB and other recent bank collapses, focusing on the considerable role of misguided Fed policies
Read more...Escape from Muddle Land
Peter Dorman files a report from radical subjectivity land so you don’t have to go there.
Read more...The Role of Default Settings in Online Searches: Challenging Google Dominance
A meaningful level of onsumers will opt out of the default setting of Google as their search engine, particularly if prompted early and often
Read more...Satyajit Das: SVB Collapse and Bank Turmoil – Latest Chapter in the Unwinding
Peeling back more layers of the SVB implosion and its broader implications.
Read more...The Crisis in Scientific Publication: Peer Review, Authorship, Responsibility, and the Future of Science
Science is rotting thanks to bad metrics and bad publisher incentives.
Read more...Why News of Population Decline and Economic Slowdown Isn’t Necessarily a Bad Thing
Why handwringing about population decline is the wrong reaction.
Read more...Annual Services Inflation Rages at New Four-Decade High, Monthly Overall CPI Hottest Since June
Inflation is still very much with us….as if you didn’t know that.
Read more...The Correlation Between Oil Prices And Inflation Isn’t Straightforward
More debate about the role of energy price increases in consumer inflation.
Read more...A Big Reckoning Starting for Private Equity and Its Public Pension Fund Enthusiasts
Private equity returns are finally going pear-shaped, but for the most part, investors are re-upping their bets.
Read more...Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson Discuss the Causes and Politicization of Inflation
Desai and Hudson debunk widely-believed, finance-and-elite-serving myths about inflation.
Read more...Rural Americans Aren’t Included in Inflation Figures – and for Them, the Cost of Living May Be Rising Faster
The fact that the Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys only urban populations for the consumer price index could be masking a rural-urban inflation gap.
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