Why the United States Needs NATO – 3 Things to Know
An article promoting NATO is revealing, and not in a good way.
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Dead Smoke Alarms, Moldy Rooms, Empty First Aid Kits: Farmworkers Endure Unsafe and Substandard Housing Across US
US agriculture workers are in desperate need of labor action as the employers (and regulators) do next to nothing to ensure safe working and living conditions.
Read more...NYC Squeezing Migrants Out of Waiting Rooms, Effectively Forcing Them on to the Streets
NYC Mayor Adams wants to close overflow sites where migrants evicted from shelters sleep on the ground while waiting for a new cot
Read more...The U.S.’ Return to Its “Denial Oil” Strategy Is Critical
A perspective from Kurdistan on the US’ choices in the Middle East, with control over oil an open question.
Read more...North Ignores ‘Perfect Storm’ in Global South
The risk of rolling financial/economic crises across much of the Global South is high and the pressures seem only to be rising.
Read more...Economic Solutions: How To Go from Financialized Neoliberalism to a Productive, Sustainable Economy
Some concrete proposals for how to slip the yoke of neoliberalism and start building a fairer and more functional economy.
Read more...Net-Zero Targets Face Reality Check
Net-zero is staring to look like a big zero. Not at all good news to those who would like this planet to be hospitable in 100 years.
Read more...Rob Urie: Imperialism, Lenin, and US Wars Abroad
Why Lenin was right.
Read more...Neocolonial ISDS, Abused, Biased, Costly, and Grossly Unfair
Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions in trade pacts – long abused by opportunists – are slowly being rejected by governments.
Read more...The Maidan Cookie Has Crumbled – Ukraine Study Finds Most Multinational Companies Still in Russia
A new study claims that a substantial majority of foreign businesses in Russia that were supposed to exit due to sanctions are still there.
Read more...Freedom of Navigation: Houthi Attacks Only Part of How a Historical Anomaly Is Unwinding
Open seas, often touted as freedom of navigation, may be on its way out due to US negligence and technology change.
Read more...Further Discussion of Boeing’s Slow Motion Liquidation: Rational Given Probable Airline Industry Shrinkage?
More on Boeing as a symbol of industrial decline, here due to broader environmental and coming energy cost pressures.
Read more...Inputs in Geopolitical Distress: A Risk Assessment Based on Micro Data
By Alessandro Borin, Deputy Head, Emerging Markets and World Trade Division at Bank Of Italy, Gianmarco Cariola, Research Economist at Bank Of Italy, Elena Gentili, Economist at Bank Of Italy, Andrea Linarello, Economist at Bank Of Italy, Michele Mancini, Senior Economist at Bank Of Italy, Tullia Padellini, Statistician at Bank Of Ital, Ludovic Panon, Senior […]
Read more...Michael Hudson on Russia, Iran and the Red Sea: NATO’s War Economy Collapses
Michael Hudson describes how the US, embarrassingly bested by Russia and now the Houthis, is doubling down on ally-damaging economic retaliation.
Read more...World Bank Enables Foreign Aid Theft
The World Bank encourages governments to reduce capital controls, draining precious foreign exchange and government resources.
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