Insurers Signal Fallout From Sanctions On Russia
UK maritime insurers are daring to speak up about the way they have become Russian sanctions collateral damage.
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The Assisted Dying Debate Is Really About How We Treat the Living
A recent push to legalize assisted dying in France obscures more fundamental problems that plague end-of-life care.
Read more...The West Continues to Devour Its Own
The knives are increasingly coming out for Hungary, which is the only country in the EU willing to speak up about the ongoing insanity of the bloc’s positions regarding Russia and China.
Read more...What Does Erdogan’s Reelection Mean for the New Cold War?
With nationalists empowered in parliament and the West all but certain to keep up the with-us-or-against-us pressure, Turkiye moving closer to the East appears more likely.
Read more...Subjective Well-Being During Spain’s Decline: Evidence from Crusade Bulls
Sales of Crusade Bulls, a form of indulgence that Spain preserved after they were in decline elsehwere, may shed light on other social issues
Read more...US Geopolitics: Believing Impossible Things
On the global stage, US can only barely keep up the pretense that it is not losing its mind.
Read more...U.S. Shale Production Is Set For A Rapid Decline
Much tighter shale markets look baked in by year end. That would produce a lot of knock-on effects.
Read more...Central Banks: Uncertainty Is the Problem, Not Managing the Trilemma
Regain price stability is difficult but doable; the bigger problem facing central banks is economic uncertainty
Read more...Some US National Security Experts Call for Peace in Ukraine
While it is now acceptable to suggest negotiating an end to the Ukraine conflict, that’s still a long way from a needed consensus.
Read more...Ukraine’s Neoliberalism on Steroids, Europe’s Economic Suicide
Yves here. Sit back and enjoy yet another discussion between Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson, this time joined by Professor Mick Dunford at the Geopolitical Hour. Today’s tour starts with Ukraine, moves to Russia, and then continues to Europe, the US and China. It is noteworthy to see the Western media act as if Europe’s […]
Read more...Turkiye Has Its Own Russiagate as Election Heads to Runoff
In run-up to the vote the opposition candidate claimed (without evidence) that Moscow was interfering in the election.
Read more...Eurobanks and London Firms Insist Very Bad Things Will Happened if Euro Derivatives Clearing Moves to Continent
anks and loser clearinghouses are complaining about a (long) planned derivatives relocation to Europe. But is this mainly special pleading?
Read more...The EU Looks Doomed to Repeat its Russia “De-Risking” Strategy with China
Plans are lacking, but that hasn’t stopped Brussels before.
Read more...Financial Instability in 2022-2023: Causes, Risks, and Responses
Authorities acted promptly and decisively, and each crisis required a unique solution, especially the larger crises
Read more...US vs. Gonzalo Lira
Podcaster Gonzalo Lira was recently arrested by Ukraine’s secret police on charges pertaining to “wartime propaganda”, for which he faces the possibility of 5-8 years in jail.
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