China continues to pull off big commercial and diplomatic coups in the US’ neighbourhood — this time with Ecuador, whose government is (or was) so closely aligned with the US that it recently asked Washington to directly intervene in its drug wars.
Read more...Why it isn’t easy to slip the leash of PBMs.
Read more...Big food company profit-goosing price hikes confirms that the Fed is barking up the wrong tree in going after labor.
Read more...Engaging in more bilateral trade to bypass the dollar fragments the activities of major international banks and even affects locak players.
Read more...Michael Hudson calls out Krugman for invoking the favorite libertarian trope of hyperinflation.
Read more...~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Read more...A critical look at William MacAskill’s new book on how human civilization can make it through the next few hundred years.
Read more...What future is there for labor with AI?
Read more...Will the state of the US grid constrain the conversion to electric vehicles and other green devices?
Read more...~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Read more...Research suggests prison accelerates the aging process and may be a factor in falling U.S. life expectancy.
Read more...Oopsie! Still perceived-to-be-high housing prices, thanks to higher mortgage rates, is a landlord’s wet dream. Who’d have thunk it?
Read more...Even at the very heart of the EU’s political establishment a majority of people believe that a cashless society would not be beneficial for the general public or the economy.
Read more...Yet another way to circumvent debt ceilng restrictions isn’t getting the consideration it warrants.
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