New Study Questions LNG as a “Bridge Fuel” in Decarbonization
Biden taps the brakes on LNG expansion. A sop to environmentalists or a sign of things to come?
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Our On-Going Covid Pandemic and the Labor Market
The Covid pandemic and the quantity and quality of labor available in the labor market (with an encouraging medieval precedent).
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...“Should I Stay or Should I Go?” – US Stuck in the Middle East, Devoid of Deterrence Power
Trying to make sense of the US’ dangerously confused behavior in the Middle East.
Read more...Links 2/9/2024
Ecuador Pays A High Price, In Bananas and Carnations, for Giving Russian-Made Weapons to US (and By Extension, Ukraine)
The impact is likely to be significant for a country that is already reeling from an economic crisis and whose government is in the process of unleashing yet another round of IMF-approved austerity. Almost exactly a month ago, Ecuador’s US-born and -raised, son-of-a-billionaire president, Daniel Noboa, announced his controversial decision to deliver outdated weapons of […]
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...2:00PM Water Cooler 2/8/2024
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Read more...Will We Follow China and Suffer Deflation – Which Is Very Much Worse Than Inflation?
Central bankers fret about inflation, but the far more destructive deflation may become a treat.
Read more...Links 2/8/2024
Rob Urie: Imperialism, Lenin, and US Wars Abroad
Why Lenin was right.
Read more...Israeli Government’s Lies About Gaza Shouldn’t Be a Surprise
A weirdly informative treatment of Israel lies, by virtue of apparent reticence to call out genocide and take on Zionism.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 2/7/2024
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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.
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