As the Planet Warms, Let’s Be Clear: We Are Sacrificing Lives for Profits
Climate change is the result of a deadly calculus: human lives are worth risking and even losing over the profits of global corporations.
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Time Is Running Out to Save Sri Lanka from Total Economic Collapse
Once hailed as South Asia’s ‘success story’, Sri Lanka has faced months of escalating violent unrest.
Read more...More Oil From U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Heads To Europe
The use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve looks like three card monte.
Read more...What Blew Our Financial Bubble So Big?
Why it’s more fun and profitable to be in the bubble economy than the real one.
Read more...Record High Diesel Prices Will Ripple Across The Economy
The diesel crunch is getting more acute. What could happen next?
Read more...What You Need To Know about Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands story of great power competition in the South Pacific is part of a much older one of colonial conceit and neglect.
Read more...James Galbraith: The Dollar System in a Multi-Polar World
On the rise and decline of the dollar system.
Read more...Putin Signs Executive Order to Begin “Special Economic Measures” aka Sanctions
Russia will soon launch economic sanctions, as directed in a Putin executive order.
Read more...Abortion Drugs Fundamental to Ancient Economies, Argues Historian
Ancient and medieval herbal abortifacients were effective and important to those economies.
Read more...Out of Africa: Rich Continent, Poor People
A new book documents the scale and mechanism of the looting of Africa.
Read more...The Coming EU Embargo of Russian Oil, Russia’s Economic Challenges, and the Question of Operational Capacity
The EU is planning to punch Russia hard with yet another embargo, this of its oil. But will this wind up being more rope a dope?
Read more...Gas Flares: Europe Has a Hissy, Flails About as Russia Imposes Gas Payment Countersanctions and Economies Already Feel Blowback Bite
Russia implements its gas for roubles scheme as promised, cutting off supplies to non-adherents. Howling ensues.
Read more...The Ukraine War Clock Is a Time Bomb – It Blows Up On November 8, US Election Day
Yves here. Helmer gives interlocking updates, one of what can be inferred about the state of the war in Ukraine, the other on the prospects for Team Dem come November. Recall that Helmer was part of the Carter Administration, as so has some perspective. A couple of additions: Helmer provides evidence that Ukraine is regrouping […]
Read more...China vs. West: New World Disorder
Joanna Chiu’s book, China Unbound, argues for engaging China to seriously address human rights, climate change, and economic development.
Read more...The Energy Transition Has A Major Metals Problem
Green energy requires significant amounts of metals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese. Current supplies aren’t adequate.
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