Why Italy’s Crisis Is the Left’s Crisis
Why framing the political struggle in Italy as mainstream versus populist shifts focus away from the most important issue, Eurozone reform, where the battle is mercantilists versus Keynesians.
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Some Notes on Trump’s Trade War Threat
Some observations about the Trump-China spat.
Read more...Merkel’s Government Wobbles Over Immigrant Row as Italy Threatens Canada Trade Deal
Merkel had a bad day and things don’t seem likely to improve any time soon.
Read more...Backstabbing Over Cows
The trouble with cows….
Read more...More Brexit Insanity: Corbyn Proposes Dead-on-Arrival, Misbranded “Soft” Brexit; Auto Part Makers to Take Huge Hit; Irish Border Groundhog Daze
Brexit madness is only getting worse….
Read more...More US and China Jousting Over South China Sea
The US-China conflict over the South China Sea keeps getting hotter.
Read more...Wall Street Journal: Why Bashing Chinese Steel Dumping Results in Bashing Allies
Why combatting Chinese steel dumping is harder than it seems.
Read more...China Rx: How the US Depends on China for Its Drugs
Why does China need a military? It could bring the US to its knees in months by withholding shipments of drugs and drug ingredients.
Read more...Trade Wars: How Exposed Are EU States and Industries to the US?
Taking a more granular look at how a trade war with the US might hit the EU.
Read more...Did Italy’s 5 Star-Lega Coalition Blink in Its First Standoff With Eurocrats and Banksters?
Taking stock of the opening moves in the confrontation between Italy’s upstarts and the European establishment.
Read more...Brexit Becoming More Unpopular as Yet More Warts, Like VAT Administration, Come Into Focus
The latest Brexit updates aren’t very cheery.
Read more...Understanding Right and Left Populism
Experts appear to have understated the role of economic insecurity in sparking the rise of populism.
Read more...EU Shows Up UK Brexit Trade Fantasies by Opening Bi-Lateral Negotiations With Australia and New Zealand
Yet another Brexit black eye.
Read more...Yet More Brexit Idiocy: Cabinet Thinks Begging to Stay in Customs Union Will Solve Irish Border Problem
The UK is now trying to marry up two unworkable Brexit ideas and call it a solution.
Read more...Trade War: How Tensions Have Risen Between China, the EU and the US
A very useful recap of trade measures taken so far and potential impacts of various threats made by the US, China, and EU.
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