The US War in Europe Isn’t Hot Enough – Dropping the Climate Bomb on Russia
Thane Gustafson in Klimat, Russia in the Age of Climate Change, says a lot about Russian energy and metals despite not consulting any experts
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January 6/Capitol Seizure House Select Committee Hearings Live Blog/Open Thread
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Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 6/9/2022
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Read more...Global Supply Chains Rattled by Winds of War
An analysis of the concentration of key commodities in supply chains shows why the Russia sanctions are having some outsized effects.
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Housing Bubble Getting Ready to Pop: Mortgage Applications to Purchase a Home Drop to Lockdown Lows, “Bad Time to Buy” Hits Record amid Sky-High Prices, Spiking Mortgage Rates
The increase in interest rates is finally denting mortgage and housing activity of all sorts.
Read more...How Will American Oligarchs Keep Control?
It’s easy to forget that at the end of the Roman Republic, the Republic did end. Will our oligarchs engineer a similar regime change?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 6/8/2022
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Read more...Primaries Are Getting More Crowded with Candidates, and That’s Good News for Extremists and Bad News for Voters
Mainstream politicians and voters are concerned that extremists are gaining ground. Maybe they should focus on the disease, not the sympoms.
Read more...What Is Really Causing Our Inflation: “Inflation in a Time of Corona and War”
Finally! Evidence-based answers to the main (policy) questions concerning the return of high inflation.
Read more...California Wants to Slash Insulin Prices by Becoming a Drugmaker. Can it Succeed?
The fact that California is having to consider making insulin to get around price grifing show the depth of disease in our health care system.
Read more...Why Saudi Arabia Isn’t Giving Up On Its Russian Oil Alliance
Why Saudi Arabia is still not playing nice with the US.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 6/7/2022
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Read more...US Leads Sanctions Killing Millions to No End
Food crises, stagnation and price increases are worsening. Sanctions against Russia hurt those relying on wheat and fertilizer imports.
Read more...Recent Payment Outage in Germany Underscores One of the Dangers of a Cashless Economy: System Fragility
As recent events in Germany (and elsewhere) have shown, even strong proponents of a cashless economy have an interest in safeguarding the future of cash, if only for the sake of financial stability.
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