Turkey Positions Itself as the Middleman in “East-West” Conflict
After being snubbed by NATO and the EU for decades, and suffering from extremely high inflation, Turkey is moving towards Russia.
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A New US Data Privacy Bill Aims To Give You More Control Over Information Collected About You – and Make Businesses Change How They Handle Data
A new data privacy law is in the works, at least in part due to more stringent rules in Europe. But could it have unintended side effects?
Read more...Iran And Russia Move To Create A Global Natural Gas Cartel
The emerging Russia-Iran gas OPEC is yet another threat to Western economies.
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Read more...Most Bleak Federal Report Yet on High-Tide/Sunny-Day Tide Floods
Tide floods on otherwise normal high tide days are yet another global warming warning sign.
Read more...Are “Payment Strikes” About to Become a Regular Feature of the Economic Landscape?
The reemergence of “payment strikes” is perhaps a sign that as economic conditions deteriorate, people will begin to leverage the only real power they have left in today’s hyper-consumerist societies — i.e., as consumers.
Read more...The Hope of What Was Once Called a Decent Living Has Departed for the Average Household
The UK is a serious and worsening cost of living crisis that’s impoverishing the former middle class. What will the political fallout be?
Read more...China as a Developmental State: Indigenous Innovation and Global Competition
China chose a successful technological development path, in contrast to the corporate financialization model in the United States.
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Read more...The Australian Labor Party Embraces the Authoritarianism of a Political System in Crisis
By John McGregor, a translator and political violence researcher Australia is currently lurching from one revelation to another through a constitutional crisis that nobody near power will acknowledge the severity of. As it emerges that the former Liberal Prime Minister Scott Morrison secretly appropriated a number of ministerships for himself, the now-ruling Labor Party is […]
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Some Rural Hospitals Are in Such Bad Shape, Local Governments Are Practically Giving Them Away
John here. This article provides an interesting view of the economics of rural hospitals, which are closing at an alarming rate. In particular, it highlights how counties often negotiate from desperately weak positions, even when they have invested in the infrastructure. Another recent KHN article reported on the start-up Noble Health, which took over two […]
Read more...Europe’s Gas Price Is Now Equivalent To $410 Per Barrel Of Oil
How LNG scarcity is playing into Europe’s gas woes, and other markets are set to feel the effects of the LNG price squeeze.
Read more...National Cyber Defenses Mean Businesses Can Keep Making Money From Public Services
By John McGregor, a translator and political violence researcher Cyber attacks targeting private sector providers for essential public services result in additional waste of public resources. When public health care fails in cyber security, politicians are quick to blame staff on the ground. But when private companies become the weak link, state resources are spent […]
Read more...Ukraine Could Abandon Key Labour Principle as Part of EU Drive
John here. In the midst of the current conflict, somehow Zelensky’s National Council for the Recovery of Ukraine from the War has found time to work on dismantling the collective bargaining structures in the country and undermining workers’ rights. However and whenever Ukraine eventually emerges from the conflict, it seems certain that Ukrainian workers will […]
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