John Helmer: US Strategy for Russia – Wage War but Not Declare It
A catalogue of recent US moves to goad Russia.
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Brexit Risk and Nigel Farage: We Know Where His Mouth is (“England”), But is His Money Offshore?
Is Nigel Farage’s wealth offshore? Is that why he’s so calm about Brexit?
Read more...French President Threatens to Outlaw Protests Against Labor Reforms
An update on the labor protests in France.
Read more...British MP Jo Cox Murdered in Presumed Brexit-Related Attack
A British MP, Jo Cox, is dead in a presumed politically-driven murder.
Read more...Mathew D. Rose: Brexit – The End of the Universe
Germany is determined to teach the UK a costly lesson if it dares to defy its hegemony via a Brexit.
Read more...More Collateral Damage From Negative Interest Rates (Updated and Corrected)
Spain demonstrates some of the costs and dislocations created by negative interest rate policies.
Read more...Why a Leave Vote May Not Result in a Brexit
The ruling classes in the UK will be highly motivated to try to get the Brexit genie back in the bottle.
Read more...Cyprus Officials in Stealth Talks with Victoria Nuland on Turkish Troop Plan
Also, a Russian squillionaire and Irish accountants!
Read more...Bond Market Flight to Safety as Investors Sweat Over Brexit Risk, Wobbly US Economy, Negative Rates
Investors got a big dose of bad news about the economy and geopolitics and reacted accordingly.
Read more...Banks Rebel Against Negative Interest Rates
Banks have had it with negative interest rates and are starting to push back.
Read more...The Abandonment of Countercyclical Fiscal Policy
Economists bemoan the lack of aggressive fiscal spending after the crisis. Funny how few of them were willing to advocate it when it mattered.
Read more...Hoisted From Comments: Neoliberalism Tearing Societies Apart
The true destructiveness of neoliberalism is becoming more and more apparent.
Read more...EU’s Politically Biased Tax Haven Blacklist Excludes US and Switzerland
Only small fry get whacked for being tax havens. The big boys get their waivers.
Read more...MH17 Coroner Michael Barnes, Australian Lawyers in Head-On Crash With the Rules of Evidence
A MH17 case in Australia violates ECHR rules and has a New South Wales coroner suppressing evidence and Sky News doctoring stories post publication.
Read more...Scenes From Paris Protests (and an Update from Alison)
A sighting from the protests in Paris over proposed anti-labor regulations.
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