Concerns are rising about the EU Commission’s ongoing opacity over its relations with Pfizer. But this is not the first time von der Leyen has been caught deleting sensitive information regarding deals with large corporations.
Read more...Perhaps not surprisingly, it’s possible to get books published about Putin based on accounts by spooks not in Russia when Putin was in office.
Read more...free trade agreements may increasingly become economic weapons in the new Cold War, disrupting earlier globalization.
Read more...The filibuster: Senatorial arcana, the Senate as a deliberative body, and blowing it all up with a lawsuit based on a theory of “legislative entrenchement”
Read more...Home heating in general, and wood stoves in particular. They’re great!
Read more...In “Horizons,” a historian of science highlights the crucial achievements of non-Western scientists and thinkers.
Read more...Biden gets played again. A feature or a bug?
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Read more...A primer on how to deal with an American affliction, medical debt.
Read more...After Turkey’s official inflation rate surged above 70% in May, some global companies, including the British consumer goods giant Unilever, have begun applying hyperinflation accounting to their Turkish operations.
Read more...Economist Michael Hudson explains the inflation crisis and warns a “long depression” is coming, due to the new cold war on Russia and China.
Read more...A well regarded paper by Fed researchers challenges conventional views on the relationship between inflation and employment
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