Donald Trump’s vision of low-cost colonialism bears echoes of the fiscal receivership model pioneered by Theodore Roosevelt, which did not end well for most concerned.
Read more...Congressional inaction and rampaging heath premium increases mean even more Americans will go uninsured. Some suggestions about what to do.
Read more...A rich discussion of how industrial capitalism evolved into imperialism and how its impulses and contradictions are creating more fractures.
Read more...“This was a bribe.”
Read more...Lilya 4-Ever is a film about the desperation of post-Soviet Russia and it’s exploitation by the West told through the life of a young prostitute.
Read more...Neither Iran nor Trump look likely to blink in their regime change staredown. What happens if the US proceeds and can’t win quickly?
Read more...Quelle surprise! More on how Venezuela’s oil production prospects fall way short of Trump hucksterism.
Read more...“Argentina has become the centrepiece of the United States’ strategy for Latin America”: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Read more...An important reminder about how pensions work and the risks of various types.
Read more...Why the dollar is more of a safe haven than it might seem, despite Trump’s persistent undermining.
Read more...Why it is important to recognize that ICE is a paramilitary operation. Among other things, they are harder to reform than traditional police.
Read more...Michael Hudson and Lena Petrova discuss the breakdown of the US-led order, Trump’s misguided efforts to maintain primacy, and what comes next
Read more...Carl Benedikt Frey traces the history of technological innovation. But does that constitute progress?
Read more...Population stagnation or even shrinkage has major implications for prospects for housing, employment, and consumer spending.
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