Ideology-Driven, Inflationary Trump Tax and Tariff Policies Losing War With Bond and Currency Markets
ump’s trade, tariffs and tax schemes are already starting to come apart. And he seems to have no Plan B.
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Trump Smoke and Mirrors on Full Display in Claimed “$142 Billion” Saudi Arms Deal
A look at the workings and effectiveness of Trump hype, from the touted India-Pakistan mediation to DOGE to the new Saudi arms agreement.
Read more...Why the Right Fiercely Attacks the US Postal Service: Its Unions
Looking at a big reason why conservatives are so keen to privatize the US Postal Service: to eliminate its unions.
Read more...“The US Trade Deal Is a Bad Deal, and It Has the Potential to Get Worse”
The first US trade “deal”, with the UK, looks as ugly as one might have expected.
Read more...Trump Team’s $500 Million Bet on Old Vaccine Technology Puzzles Scientists
Some raised eyebrows over a Trump Administration big spend for a possible flu vaccine.
Read more...Complacency, Denialism and the Risk of an Economic Trumpocalypse
Why the downside to Trump economic policies are far greater than the press and pundit class are willing to acknowledge.
Read more...US-Ukraine Minerals Deal: Has Trump Agreed to Continue Military Support? Even if Not, Will He Fall for an Endowment Effect Trap?
Will the Ukraine minerals deal become a tar baby for Trump?
Read more...Satyajit Das: The Unravelling – Part 2: Contagion & Containment
Mapping the contagion fever chart of how a Trump financial meltdown might unfold.
Read more...Satyajit Das: The Unravelling – Part 1: Economic & Financial Furies
Why the Trump-induced economic and financial train wrecks will be more severe than most pundits seem to anticipate.
Read more...More on DOGE’s Fraud and Destruction
An update on DOGE’s rampage through government functions.
Read more...Keynesian Militarism or Wishful Thinking?
European NATO members hope Keynes’ magic will make their newly adopted militarism feasible. A sanity check.
Read more...For Health Apps, Questions Over Privacy and Efficacy
Apps that track health data or help provide care may be beneficial, but experts worry about the lack of regulation.
Read more...More Trump Punishment of the Poors: HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for 80 Million People
Yet another Trump gutting of a whole swathe of programs, here by eliminating the experts who knew how to determine poverty thresholds.
Read more...Data Center Boom Sparks Utility Spending—But How Real Is the Demand?
In an unexpected break for the environment, might much-hyped data center energy demand fall short of projections?
Read more...Trump’s Tariffs Are Extremely Dumb, Just Not For The Reasons You Might Think
The massive Trump tariffs are a con on a global scale. Trump is not rejecting the corporate trade model. He’s weaponizing it.
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