Trump Threatens India With Secondary Sanctions Over Russian Oil Purchases. What Next?
Trump’s attempt to bully India into dropping Russian oil buys is not succeeding. What happens now?
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Economists Wake Up to West’s Trade and Technology Dependence on China
Useful data on and discussion of China’s dominance of inputs and technologies essential to the West.
Read more...Former Ambassador M. K. Bhadrakumar Throws Cold Water on the Idea That India Is Keen About BRICS
Bhadrakumar explains why India does not think all that highly of BRICS.
Read more...As Tariffs Bite and Jobs Stall, New Interactive Tool Tracks How Much Trump and GOP Are Raising the Cost of Living
As Trump’s new tariffs are about to squeeze American wallets even harder, a new tool helps keep track of the damage.
Read more...Trump Is Hellbent on Derailing India’s Rise as a Great Power
Is there some logic to Trump’s 25% tariff threat against India, or is this just more pique over his limited influence?
Read more...Unexpected China Factory Contraction Confirms Deflationary Headwinds, Overcapacity
China’s leaders admit to widespread overcapacity, such as in EVs and solar panels. Faillure to solve it could generate Japan-style deflation
Read more...South America’s Sovereignty Is Being Lost in Big Tech’s Clouds
How South America and the Global South generally are selling out their automony and the promise of multipolarity for Big Tech convenience
Read more...The EU-US Trade Deal: Von der Leyen Just Subordinated the EU as the US’ Largest-Ever Vassal State
The EU submits to Trump on trade and accepts further insult via required US investment and energy purchases
Read more...As White House Touts ‘Economic Boom,’ Americans Say They’re Barely Scraping By
Despite Trump’s economic claims, with rising tariffs, just 30% of Americans say they can meet their costs per a poll from Data for Progress.
Read more...Satyajit Das: Parsing President Trump’s Real Agenda
Divining the decision rules that guide Trump’s actions.
Read more...Adams Asks Feds to Probe Conditions at Designed-to-Evade Supervision ICE Lockup in Manhattan
ICE lawbreaking continues yet pressure on NYC Mayor Adams so far has elicited only a wet noodle lashing.
Read more...Australia & Japan Are Seemingly Having Second Thoughts About the De Facto Asian NATO
Japan and Australia are finally questioning US exploitation. But what can they do about it?
Read more...Michael Hudson: Today’s Civilizational Conflict
A new article by Michael Hudson, an extract from an upcoming book, gives a long view of colonial exploitation and China as a counter-model
Read more...Chinese Government Tries to Combat Destructive Deflation. Will It Succeed?
The economic hazard of deflation is already stalking China, to the degree that even Xi is trying to take it on.
Read more...Hayek’s Bastards and the Rise of Neoliberalism
The Neoliberal turn of late capitalism [1] rules our world. Quinn Slobodian has become the voice of our time in explaining how this has happened and why. In Globalists The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism (2020), he described, among other things, how the Liberals of Central Europe who became Neoliberals were most […]
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