Paradigm and Nervous Breakdown: Globalization Goes Into Reverse as Inflation/Scarcity Crisis Accelerates
How long-established structures are approaching breakdown, yet those in charge try to look past that.
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Michael Hudson on the Ongoing Economic War
Michael Hudson looks at the long game of fundamental ecomomic restructuring of trade and financial relations among great powers.
Read more...The Perverse Calls for More Russian Aggression in the Face of Its Methodical Operation in Ukraine
Some odd ideas about what Russia ought to be doing in Ukraine.
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...Russia Announces Initial Retaliatory Sanctions Targets; Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
Russia has started rolling out its retailiaory “special economic measures”. But it’s still not clear what they amount to in practice.
Read more...Did UN Secretary-General Guterres Commit A War Crime At Azovstal?
A key scene from the protracted Azovstal steel factory drama.
Read more...Michael Hudson Talks with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté About the Broader Ramifications of the US/NATO Conflict with Russia
Michael Hudson expliains how the US hopes to benefit from its proxy war with Russia.
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...Ilargi: Ukraine Warheads
A prescient piece on the trajectory of Ukraine-Russia tensions.
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...Climate Migration: What Do We Really Know?
Overall, the literature on climate-induced migration suggests that people are moving already because of climate change and that increasing numbers will do so in the future, either voluntarily or not.
Read more...Jaishankar Calls Out Europe’s Selective Concern on Rules-Based Order
Indian external affairs minister S. Jaishankar shared views on rules-based order with world diplomats at a conference Tuesday in Delhi.
Read more...‘Elon, There Are Rules’: EU Says Twitter Must Comply With New Digital Services Act
One day after Elon Musk took over Twitter, a top European regulator gave the world’s richest man a “reality check” about how they will respond if he loosens the platform’s content moderation policies.
Read more...An Unexpected But Welcome Call to Cap CEO Pay Comes From France
Neo-liberal Emmanuel Macron endorsed capping CEO pay as part of the recent French presidential campaign. Is the concept of a maximum wage an idea whose time has come?
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 […]
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