Category Archives: Guest Post

Preparing for the Next Winter: Europe’s Gas Outlook for 2023

The EU pins its hopes to LNG.

Links 2/6/2023

The Economics of the Ukraine Proxy War with Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai

A meaty discussion of the broader implications of the war in Ukraine.

US Fails Miserably in Efforts to Isolate Russia

Victoria Nuland is a loser as even the newspaper of record admits defeat.

Links 2/4/2023

James Galbraith: The Quasi-Inflation of 2021-2022 – A Case of Bad Analysis and Worse Response

Galbraith explains why conventional views of inflation are a particularly poor fit for recent price increases and produced bad policy

Employment of “People with a Disability” Spiked to Record in Hot Labor Market. Applications for Disability Benefits Fell to 20-Year Low

Covid-induced labor market tighteness is giving people with a disabilty more access to jobs than evah.

2:00PM Water Cooler 2/3/2023

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

Companies in UK Are Hitting the Wall at Fastest Rate Since Global Financial Crisis

As the price of everything, including debt, continues to soar, life is getting harder and harder for the UK’s heavily indebted businesses.

How Corporations Hope to Eviscerate Workers’ Right to Strike

A suit by Glacier Northwest, seeking to recover costs it incurred during a strike, is now before the Supreme Court.

US Inflation Policies Slowing World Economy

The Fed is playing killer of the current inflation even though it isn’t set up to do so. That’s hurting a lot of innocent bystanders.

2:00PM Water Cooler 2/2/2023

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

Links 2/2/2023

Is the Unstoppable Force of Mexico’s GMO Ban About to Meet the Unmovable Object of US Big Ag Lobbies?

Mexico is not only dangerously dependent on US growers for its most important staple crop; it is growing more and more dependent each and every year. Mexico’s government wants to reverse this dynamic, but the US has other ideas.