The double question implied throughout Herman Daly’s work as an economist is this: “Is the economy for the people, or are the people for the economy?” nomy for the people, or are the people for the economy?”
Read more...Why has Australia signed up for a pricey and security-diminishing nuclear sub deal?
Read more...Biden Administration officials are pleased as punch with their targeting of China’s supposed Achilles heel: dependence on US designed chips.
Read more...Another mechanism by which US does harm through our indifference to to the impact of our dollar/interest rate policies on other countries.
Read more...The US doth protest too much over China’s napkin doodle peace principles. Why the defensiveness?
Read more...In pressing the Taiwan hot button, is the US misreading China’s capabilities and networks just as it has Russia’s?
Read more...A deep dive on the development of the dollar system.
Read more...The so-called Collective West and the rest of the world have a yawning gap in how they view the war in Ukraine.
Read more...Brexit fudged the question of the Irish border. The Tory “Ultras” that pushed for a hard Brexit are still loaded for bear on this matter.
Read more...A stocktaking on the impact of the economic sanctions against Russia.
Read more...Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai discuss the dollar regime and its prospects.
Read more...A primer on the gold standard, including a discussion of its implications.
Read more...It is possible to infer a few things from recent Ukraine push-and-pulling, but none of it is reassuring.
Read more...So much for the Biden commitment to XI after a 2 1/2 hour phone call to improve relations…..
Read more...A meaty discussion of the broader implications of the war in Ukraine.
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