Category Archives: Guest Post

The Dollar: Ripples Presaging a Financial Tsunami

A detailed analysis of the poor prospects for dollar hegemony and the forces that could trigger a sharp unwind.

Michael Hudson: Trump’s Destruction of US Economy, Starting with Agriculture

How Trump’s policies are destroying key elements of U.S. economic prosperity, with agriculture as a canary in the coal mine.

US Expands Scope of Its (Fake) War on Drug Cartels to Colombia; Colombia Responds By Threatening to Stop Buying US Weapons

Is this the beginning of another US-sponsored coup?

AI Chatbots Need Guardrails to Protect Users’ Mental Health

Chatbots are designed to be addictive and have produced psychotic behavior. But suppliers have yet to implement protective features.

Michael Hudson: Who Writes the New Rules as Power Shifts Away from the US?

Michael Hudson discusses many of the responses to the US loss of economic dominance, from Europe’s self-immolation to China’s lending.

Coffee Break: Competence, Corruption and Control Limit Administrative Ambition

Does the corrupt Trump administration have the competence and control to impose its will?

Thomas Neuburger: We’ve Just Crowned a King. What Next?

Thanks to John Roberts and friends, the idea that the President have been elevated to king-level authority is not an exaggeration.

It Finally Happens: Spain Rebels Against Israel and Its Genocide in Gaza

The BDS (Boycott, Divest and Sanctions) movement appears to be going from strength to strength. As with South Africa, it is largely a bottom-up process.

U.S. Automakers Navigate Rising Metal Costs and Supply Woes

Beleagured US automakers, who remain important employers, face new tsuris in tariff costs and scarcity of key minerals.

The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Uncle Vanya (1970) Run Time: 1H 42M

Uncle Vanya is a movie about the boredom and desperation of a 19th. century Russian family.