Fed Ponders How Quickly to Try to Inflict More Pain on the Economy to Get Inflation to 2%
Debates inside and outside the Fed as to what it should do next about inflation pick up as its annual Jackson Hole conference approaches.
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China And Russia Execute A Pincer Movement Around Iraq’s Biggest Oil Assets
China and Russia oil plays in and around Iraq provide further evidence that the US has lost its touch in the hegemony game.
Read more...How German Foreign Minister’s Cancelled Trip Due to Plane Problems Is Symbolic of Country’s Decline
The fact FM Baerbock had to cancel trip and fly home commercial is a useful metaphor for Berlin’s recent rash of self-inflicted wounds.
Read more...European Gas Price Spike Highlights Painful Exposure To Global Markets
A strike in Australia could reduce global LNG supplies by 10%. European energy security is not what it used to be.
Read more...The Overlooked Role of the Financial Crisis in the Subjugation of Europe
Europe faces permanent economic diminution thanks to following US sanctions But did the financial crisis pave the way for this self-sabotage?
Read more...Oil, Gas, Wages, Interest Rates: Biden’s Other 2024 Risks
A supposedly good economy has not helped Biden much and trends such as oil prices do not look to be in his favor.
Read more...Energy Destinies – Part 8: Pathways
Satyajit Das concludes his series on the future of energy by looking at curbing demand, aka radical conseration.
Read more...Two Overlapping Takes on Inflation
MMT backer Richard Murphy and London finance organ City A.M. have surprisingly simliar views on the causes of inflation but differ on remedies
Read more...Going on a Big Energy Diet: Will the Status of Women Be a Casualty?
Will coming energy crunch roll back women’s gains?
Read more...Will China Ever Be Able To Kick Coal?
Despite its heavy investment in renewables, China’s reliance on coal remains high due to its perceived reliability and concerns over the potential economic and political instability that could arise from phasing out coal.
Read more...Revealed: Fossil Fuel Giants Are Using British Influencers to go Viral
Some badly-needed naming and shaming of soi-disant influencers who ran undisclosed advertorials for dirty energy companies
Read more...Energy Destinies – Part 7: Endgames – The Strait Jacket
A look at population growth and energy consumption shows that there is no way the world will change behavior enough to stop worst outcomes
Read more...The Looming War Against China: Economic Logic Has Been Replaced by National Security Overrides
Michael Hudson provides a deep dive on the US’ and now its Western allies’ obsessive campaign against China.
Read more...The Big Problem With Small Nuclear Reactors
Diminutive nculear reactors are likely to be just as prone to delays and cost overruns as their behemoth predecessors.
Read more...Energy Destinies – Part 6 Energy Policy And Emissions – Hot and Hotter
Based on the current state of science, technology, policy development and implementation, the probability of meeting emissions targets is doubtful. This means that global temperature rises will, in all probability, exceed the recommended levels, most likely substantially and earlier than projected. The consequent changes in planetary geo-physics and meteorology will be substantial.
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