Michael Hudson: Trump’s Travesty of Protectionism
Why Trump’s tariffs hit the wrong target.
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Monetary Policy and Fiscal Discipline: How the ECB Planted the Seeds of the Euro Area Crisis
How the ECB did Euro-area member states a dirty when it tried to act as deficit enforcer.
Read more...Trump’s Steel and Aluminum Tariffs: How WTO Retaliation Typically Works
A review of some of the permitted counter-moves under WTO rules if Trump imposes tariffs.
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Why Trump Is So Clumsy About Fighting ‘Free Trade’
Why what looks like a trade problem is really a financialization problem, and therefore there are much better solutions than using tariffs.
Read more...European Court of Justice Nixes “Investor-State Dispute Settlement” Intra EU, Raising Doubts About Its Future
Is it the beginning of the end for “Investor-State Dispute Settlement” clauses that have undermined democracies, and specifically, labor and environmental protection?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 3/7/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Steel tariffs, Biden and Patrick, Texas primaries, Our Revolution, payrolls, productivity, West Viriginia teacher’s strike, loners
Read more...How Cuba Became a Biopharma Juggernaut
Cuba’s entirely state-owned biopharmaceutical industry has been remarkably successful, and can serve as a model for other nations.
Read more...Crash Out Brexit Now the Defender Position
Brace yourselves! Why a “crash out” Brexit is now the most likely outcome.
Read more...Is “US Energy Dominance” Overhyped? Top Experts Doubts Claims About Future Net Energy Exports
Why US energy production forecasts, specifically from shale plays, may be exaggerated in a serious way.
Read more...How the Democrat’s Corrupt Congressional Pay-to-Play Machine Sabotages Progressives and the Popular Will
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee as a study in corruption and a vehicle for maintaining elite control.
Read more...Elizabeth Warren Slams Democrats for Helping Gut Financial Regulations
The financial services industry is about to get even more unnecessary, risk-feeding breaks, thanks in no small measure to Democrats.
Read more...Killing a Parasite, Part 2 — How to Implement Student Debt Cancellation
How to fix the student problem – now and going forward.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 3/5/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Trump 2020, PA-18, Rules and Bylaws, services, Apple, Amazon, marijuana on NASDAQ, West Viriginia, applied mathematics
Read more...Worksheet for the 2018 Midterms (Introduction)
A preliminary look at the 2018 midterms. Will the Democrats win control of the House?
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