Income tax receipts are a good proxy for jobs. That measure has suddenly gone wobbly. If that persists, will the Fed blink?
Read more...While proposals to curb shipping industry emissions are overdue, it would help to address the shippers too.
Read more...Michael Hudson explains how Rome rejected debt forgiveness and nstituted a pro-creditor legal system, which our establishment defends today.
Read more...Professor Sokona, Vice-Chair of the IPCC, on how Ukraine has reshaped thinking in Africa and on the needed transformation in its leadership
Read more...“The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work.” — Lewis Hine, 1908
Read more...Martin Guzman explains the role of power in sovereign debt crises and restructurings.
Read more...Scholz’s corrupt past resurrected again, coalition sinking, and questions arising over who in German government is actually steering foreign policy.
Read more...Taking stock of the EU’s economic divorce from Russia.
Read more...The sanctions against Russia and Russia’s kinetic war in Ukraine have produced great changes in and outside. But what are their implications?
Read more...Galbraith debunks conventional wisdom on sanctions against Russia.
Read more...The IMF takes a wee look at who is hurt by and benefits from inflation.
Read more...The US has managed to alienate Saudi Arabia, a one-time key ally.
Read more...Another tour de force by Michael Hudson on how debt dynamics create oligarcies, how the Fed stoked thebank crisis, and the multipolarity push.
Read more...Tackling the climate crisis effectively requires a shift from market fetishism to a more fair and sustainable global economy
Read more...The financial system needs to provide a safe place for businesses to place their reserves and working capital.
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