Category Archives: Economic fundamentals

Satyajit Das: The Unravelling – Part 2: Contagion & Containment

Mapping the contagion fever chart of how a Trump financial meltdown might unfold.

Global South and Multilateral Financial Institutions: Where Does BRICS Stand?

Why BRICS has gotten barely anywhere on launching its own finanicial institutions and why that is unlikely to change soon if ever.

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.

China Leapfrogging the U.S. in Tech Innovation

Some sobering facts on how China is outstripping the US in science and technology advances.

Michael Hudson and Yanis Varoufakis with Ann Pettifor on Economic and Political Paradigm Changes

The formidable trio of Michael Hudson, Yanis Varoufakis, and Ann Pettifor assess the rapid changes in our economic system.

Extractive Taxation and the French Revolution

What ought to be a cause for tariffs pause: unrepresentative and often high taxes were a major spur to the French Revolution.

How the American Economy Is Rigged to Serve the Rich, and Why Tariffs Won’t Change That

The money to support well-paid American jobs exists—it’s just being hoarded by the rich.

Trump Wants World to Subsidise US Empire

A Trump advisor argues, in all seriousness, that other countries should help bear the cost of US empire because it confers so many benefits on them.

Tariffs, the Dollar, and Equities: High-Frequency Evidence from the Liberation Day Announcement

Sales of US equities by foreign owners played a meaningful role in the falll of the dollar after the Trump tariff rampage began.

Trump’s Tariffs Just Torched His Own Energy Agenda

How Trump tariffs are whacking shale development and in turn, Trump’s prized energy dominace strategy.

‘You Don’t Need a Tariff, You Need a Revolution’

Chinese point out that Americans are exploited by oligarchs. But the tariffs, like it or not, are part of a radical right counter-revolution.

Tariffs and Trade Wars: Failing to Learn from the Great Depression

A detailed discussion of the damage done by Smoot Hawley to illustrate why tariffs typically do more harm than good

7 Truths About Trump’s Tariffs — And the High-Stakes Future They Shape

What is Trump trying to achieve on the economic front? Despite all the bobbing and weaving, he does have some core aims.

Keynesian Militarism or Wishful Thinking?

European NATO members hope Keynes’ magic will make their newly adopted militarism feasible. A sanity check.

Michael Hudson: Return of the Robber Barons – Trump’s Inverted View of America’s Tariff History

Trump’s slash and burn tariff policy is to shrink government, gut regulation and sell off public assets to pay for his tax cuts on super rich