Michael Hudson at Global University, Hong Kong, on Ukraine, Europe, China, and the Dollar’s Future
Michael Hudson gives a globe-spanning look at recent economic and geopolitical events.
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“Does Economics Do More Harm than Good?”
In a new book, George DeMartino offers some novel and pointed criticisms of economics, focusing on societal damage.
Read more...The War on Terror’s Lingering Pain
The war on terror’s high costs are buried in the US.
Read more...Did a North Carolina Democratic Lawmaker Throw the Party Under the Bus for the Charter School Industry?
Tricia Cotham’s defection to the Republican Party has deep roots in the right-wing “school choice” movement.
Read more...Human-Caused Warming to Surpass Paris Agreement Limit by 2037, Analysis Finds
Another troubling global warming assessment.
Read more...Thomas Ferguson: Debt Ceiling Theater and the Trump Parallel Universe
Political scientist Thomas Ferguson discusses Democratic debt ceiling fecklessness, Biden’s wobbly coaliiton, and US instability.
Read more...Snowden Warns Today’s Surveillance Technology Makes 2013 Look Like ‘Child’s Play’
Edward Snowden describes how surveillace tools have become more powerful in the past decade
Read more...Is Russia’s Least Bad Option Now the Maximalist Stance of Taking Control of Western Ukraine?
Is Russia moving towards the perceived necessity of subduing western Ukraine? And how might that work?
Read more...Booming Solar Industry Has An Unresolved Waste Problem
Solar panels have a roughly 15 year life. Where do they go to die? The answers now are not very good.
Read more...Biden Signs Off on Restarting Student Debt. Why?
Do student debt concessions prove Democrats are just terrible negotiators? The real reason Party leaders do the debt ceiling dance.
Read more...The Food War, the Grain Deal, and the Real Deal
The West is trying to use the Ukraine grain deal to stymie Russia…..with ample support from the UN’s Guterres.
Read more...Why Don’t We Get the Politicians We Need?
Some thoughts about why US and UK politicians are so bad
Read more...Catastrophic Breach of Nova Kakhovka Dam Floods Lower Dnieper, Cuts Crimea Water Supplies; Ukraine Attacks in Bakhmut, South Donetsk [Updated]
Those unhappy about the lack of drama in the Ukraine war of late have gotten what they wanted with the breach of the Kakhovka dam
Read more...As Medicaid Purge Begins, ‘Staggering Numbers’ of Americans Lose Coverage
In what’s known as the Medicaid unwinding, states are combing through rolls and deciding who stays and who goes. People who are no longer eligible or don’t complete paperwork in time will be dropped.
Read more...The Strange Death of the Liberal Individual
Yanis Varoufakis argues that techno-capitalism has fragmented the individual by coopting attention, undermining liberty.
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