Category Archives: Guest Post

A New Climate Frontier

A recap of James Hansen’s latest clmate report, which finds the rate of warming has accelerated.

NAM 2.0+G77 vs G7+NATO+OECD+WEF

Jomo warns US policies are creating war and depression, pushing developing nations to strengthen democratic institutions of global governance

2:00PM Water Cooler 8/16/2023

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The Rise of Private Cops: How Not to Tackle Homelessness

Why a story on the abuse of private power, here a security guard beating up the homeless on public property, does not go far enough.

Links 8/16/2023

Scientism as a Non-Solution to a Problem that Should Not Exist vs. Science as a Solution to a Problem that Must Be Fixed

KLG continues his investigation of scientism by looking at two canard-infested areas: plastic recycling and industial food production.

Quelle Surprise! High Fee “Alternative Investments” Produce Serious “Negative Alpha” as in Underperformance as Managers Get Rich

In his latest paper, investment expert Richard Ennis continues showing how alternative investments destroy value.

GE, Bayer, Blamed for Child’s Cancer in a Community Awash in PCB Pollution

Is PCB-induded health damage about to become a major litigation front?

Michael Hudson: Debt, Sponsors of the Wars, Future of USD and BRICS

ichael Hudson on topics old and new: the role of debt in rentier extraction and US hegemony, and the prosepcts for the dollar and BRICS.

Argentina Just Took a Step Closer to Dollarising Its Economy, And Away from the BRICS

There is a lot riding on the outcome of the upcoming general elections, not just economically but geopolitically, and not just for Argentina but across Latin America and perhaps even the globe.

How to Fix Monetary Policy in Advanced Countries

The monetary policy of major central banks in advanced economies have had negative consequences and thus need to be fixed.

European Gas Price Spike Highlights Painful Exposure To Global Markets

A strike in Australia could reduce global LNG supplies by 10%. European energy security is not what it used to be.

CDC’s HICPAC Prepares to Violate the Letter and Spirit of the Federal Advisory Committee Act at Its August 22 Anti-Mask Teleconference

HICPAC needs to stop operating like a closed, cozy club and comply with the law.

2:00PM Water Cooler 8/14/2023

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