The US and China Are in a War “for Peru’s Soul”, Says Mexican Geopolitical Analyst
“We are seeing a surreptitious clash, a war that no one dares name, between China and the United States for Peru’s soul.”
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The 2022 Globie: Money and Empire – Perry Mehrling on Charles Kindleberger
Perry Merhling’s recent book on Charles Kindleberger finds he had prescient beliefs about the need for a prudent international money minder.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 12/29/2022
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Twitter and the CIA (Twitter Files 8–10)
Yves here. The Twitter Files disclosures continue at an impressive clip, increasingly focusing on the close involvement of Federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies in curtailing and blocking Administration/Democrat-threatening lines of thought, such as interest in the Hunter Biden laptop or hostility to vaccine mandates. These revelations are as significant as the Pentagon Papers, yet […]
Read more...The Ukraine Crisis Is a Classic “Security Dilemma”
Some well-meaning but going-nowhere peace ideas for Ukraine.
Read more...Links 12/27/2022
Russia Says Europe Will Struggle To Replace Its Oil Products
More debate over the impact of Western sanctions on oil price.
Read more...Links 12/26/2022
Cal Grad Student Worker Strike Ends With Deal Panned by Many Rank-and-File Union Members
One dissenting student negotiator said the tentative agreement “does not come close to our initial demands and it leaves a lot of our co-workers still rent burdened, still impoverished.”
Read more...US-China Struggle for DR Congo Resources Intensifies
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s estimated $24 trillion of untapped mineral resources is coveted by both the US and China as rivalry heats up.
Read more...Cultural Stereotypes of Multinational Banks
Data on banks’ investments in European sovereign debt show that trust importantly influences cross-border investment.
Read more...Battery Recycling Is Essential to Clean Energy
Can manufacturers help create a circular process for lithium ion battery recycling?
Read more...Tesla Joins My Imploded Stocks, -70% from Peak: Object of Religious Veneration Turns into Automaker
Beyond the consensual Tesla hallucination, the real world for automakers is not fun.
Read more...Why Climate Science Shouldn’t Forget to Factor in Brain Health
Scientists need to learn more about climate change’s negative impact on the nervous system in order to mitigate it.
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