Some Additional Comments on the Russian Counter-Sanction of Requiring Gas Payments in Roubles
Attempting to clear some of the fog around the Russia counter-sanction of requiring rouble payment for gas by “unfriendly nations.”
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How Fossil Fuel Governments Control the IPCC
The work of the IPCC is necessary. That’s why it’s important that the UN not be the owners of the go-to reports it issues.
Read more...Russia Counter-Sanctions “Unfriendly Nations” by Requiring Gas Payments in Roubles; Dallas Fed Predicts 2022 Global Recession if Russian Energy Supply Remains Restricted
Clearing up misunderstandings about the Russian move to require unfriendly countries to pay roubles for gas.
Read more...Inside the Chaotic Charter Schools Run by For-Profit Accel Schools
Yves here. It might seem easy to dismiss the child-warehousing-masquerading-as-education perpetrated by Accel Schools as a charter school outlier. But as this article explains, Accel embodies a new trend to profit-maximization and asset stripping in this arena. By Jeff Bryant, a writing fellow and chief correspondent for Our Schools. He is a communications consultant, freelance […]
Read more...Russia Sanctions Collateral Damage: Diesel Shortage Risk Worsening, EV Batteries
More on the “soon to be with us” sanctions-induced diesel shortage, along with EV battery woes.
Read more...Sanders Opposes America COMPETES Act Over Billions in ‘Corporate Welfare’
Sanders takes on the supposed US competitiveness-boosting COMPETES Act as corporate grifting.
Read more...Michael Hudson Discusses Russia Sanctions Blowback on the Renegade
Michael Hudson revisits how US sanctions will ultimately hurt its economy more than Russisa’s, as crippling the dollar hegemony.
Read more...At What Point Does a Billionaire’s Greed Hurt the Rest of Us?
How the growth of a billionaire class is the result of policy choices.
Read more...IEA Releases 10-Point Plan to Curb Oil Use: The U.S. Is Unlikely to Follow Much – If Any – of It
The IEA last week proposed 10-point plan to curb oil use. Alas, it’s unlikely that current U.S. regulators and political leaders. will provide any more than lip service to these and other long overdue measures.
Read more...Ukraine Updates and Scott Ritter on Russia Military Strategy and Progress
Some over the weekend sightings on the war in Ukraine.
Read more...Senators Introduce Right to Repair Legislation
Senators introduce right to repair bill. Antitrust litigation will proceed regardless of whether federal or state legislation is enacted anytime soon.
Read more...Is China Socialist or State Capitalist? – Michael Hudson and Patrick Bond
Michael Hudson and Patrick Bond: Will China resist financialization and lead the way on climate policy, or is it practicing capitalism lite?
Read more...Our Neoliberal Economic System is Making Us Mentally Ill
The neoliberal economy was supposed to bring about a utopian world order. Instead, it produced psychological stress and social breakdown.
Read more...‘The World Paid the Price’: Biden’s Outgoing Covid Czar Jeffrey Zients Rebuked Over Failures
The Zients-led Covid response refused to challenge drug company overlords by promoting non-pharmaceutical interventions.
Read more...The World Could See A Record-Breaking Oil Supply Shock
Unless the West blinks on Russian sanctions, high oil prices seem destined to go even higher.
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