Medicine Is Under-Politicised in the UK
A further discussion of how societal problems that impact medicine and health policy are largely kept out of political discourse.
Read more...Category Archives: Guest Post
Moody’s Heaps Further Pressure on Mexico’s Economy by Changing Outlook of Banking System to Negative
This time, it’s not just Wall Street banks that should be worried about the contagion risks of a full-blown banking crisis in Mexico. So, too, should their European counterparts.
Read more...Judge Blocks DOGE ‘Fishing Expedition’ in Sensitive Social Security Data Systems
A small win for Social Security beneficiaries in the battle against destruction by DOGE.
Read more...The Structural Transformation of the Public Space: High Street Changes and Populism
An intriguing connection between retail districts and populism.
Read more...Replacing Foreign Aid: A Macroeconomic Plan B for Ukraine (and Europe)
Some Serious Economists make an analytically desperate justification of Europe providing big-ticket economic assistance to Ukraine
Read more...How an Israeli-US Startup Wants to Make Geoengineering Profitable
Forget contrails. Here’s a geoengineering initiative that should give cause for pause.
Read more...Is the Endgame with Iran About to Begin?
An update on US escalatory noises about Iran.
Read more...Will Russia Expand Its Ground Campaign Into Sumy, Dniepropetrovsk, and/or Kharkov Regions?
Where might Russia take the Ukraine conflict next?
Read more...A Strange “Peace” in the South Caucasus and the Encirclement of Iran
What to make of the proposed deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan as preparations for war continue and the West looks to destabilize Iran.
Read more...More on Trump Defiance of Court in Venezuela Deportation Case
Yves here. This post contains informative details on the ongoing row between Judge James Boasberg and the Department of Justice, which defied his order in a deportation of Venezuelans for the planes containing the detainees en route to El Salvador return to the US. The lawlessness of this Administration is stunning. First, as Judge Napolitano, […]
Read more...More IDF Depravity: Use of Palestinians as Human Shields
More systematic war crimes by the IDF, covered up as supposedly just a few outlier cases.
Read more...Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Last Dreadnoughts
Our warfare focused Coffee Break: The rise and likely fall of the aircraft carrier as the dominant capital ship in naval warfare.
Read more...New York’s Economy Teeters on a Precipice
New York as an example of the effects of economic undertow created by the Trump Administration.
Read more...Caribbean Countries Blast US Plans to Sanction Cuban Medical Missions Around the World
While Cuba exports doctors to the world, the US exports sanctions.
Read more...Income, Wealth, and Environmental Inequality in the US
A study based on US air pollution data finds blacks at all income levels suffer worse exposures.
Read more...