Why Biden Snubbed China’s Ukraine Peace Plan
The US doth protest too much over China’s napkin doodle peace principles. Why the defensiveness?
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At the Brink of War in the Pacific? The Nightmare of Great Power Rivalry Over Taiwan
In pressing the Taiwan hot button, is the US misreading China’s capabilities and networks just as it has Russia’s?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 3/2/2023
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Read more...The Fiscal Side of Europe’s Energy Crisis: The Facts, Problems and Prospects
A deep dive into the costs and impact of the recent, large-scale European energy subsidies.
Read more...Salve Lucrum: The Existential Threat of Greed in US Health Care
A big reason US health sucks is that the government refuses to crack down on abuses like price gouging and billing games.
Read more...Identifying the Real Resistance
Can the rich be trusted to fix a breaking world? Or should the real resistance unite beneath one banner?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 3/1/2023
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Read more...Losing Out in Critical Technologies: Cisco Systems and Financialization
Cisco turned from innovation to financialization, weakening the position of the US information-and-communication-technology industry
Read more...Links 3/1/2023
The Crisis in Scientific Publication: Peer Review, Authorship, Responsibility, and the Future of Science
Science is rotting thanks to bad metrics and bad publisher incentives.
Read more...Why News of Population Decline and Economic Slowdown Isn’t Necessarily a Bad Thing
Why handwringing about population decline is the wrong reaction.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 2/28/2023
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Read more...All Presidents Avoid Reporters, but Biden May Achieve a Record in His Press Avoidance
An effort to rationalize Presidential and by extension other politicians’ minimizing interaction with the press.
Read more...UK Citizens Should Take Rishi Sunak’s Pledge Not to Launch Digital ID With a Truckload of Salt
“There are no plans to introduce digital ID. Our position on physical ID cards remains unchanged.”
Read more...Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai on Dollar Imperialism
A deep dive on the development of the dollar system.
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