America Defeats Germany for the Third Time in a Century: The MIC, BARE and OGAM Conquer NATO
Why America is operating abroad to advance the interests of arms dealers, oil & gas, and Big Finance, and not its citizens.
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A Very Preliminary Look at the Partial Suspension of Russia’s Access to SWIFT
News on the partial SWIFT cutoff for Russia was fuzzy. Despite being included, its central bank intervened in FX markets this AM. What gives?
Read more...Three Cheers for the Makers of Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes!
Two, three, many Corsi-Rosenthal boxes!
Read more...Plan to Fix Postal Service Shifts New Retirees to Medicare — Along With Billions in Costs
A new scheme to make Medicare funding look worse to plug phony Post Office budget holes.
Read more...There’s No Sugarcoating Hershey’s Abuse of Workers and Union-Busting Tactics
Hershey is not nice.
Read more...Europe’s Sustainable Taxonomy Is a Sideshow
The EU taxonomy grossly simplifies a complex and dynamic world. It might help prevent green-washing but other tools are needed to guide green investment.
Read more...“Bankruptcy For Moderna, Definitely Pfizer”
Pfizer and Moderna stocks have tanked over liabilty worries. The case made by vocal critic Edward Dowd.
Read more...Russia Moves Troops into Donbass [Updated]
Even though it was clear that Russia would stage a military operation in Donbass, the speed of its action still caught many by surprise.
Read more...Financialization at Heart of Economic Malaise
Sadly, finacialization is still very much with us, even though policy-makers know better by now.
Read more...Some Additional Comments on Russia’s Ukraine Surprise
Attempting to clear up some fuzzy press reporting on the overly dynamic Russia/Urkaine situation.
Read more...Wall Street Journal Mystified By Public’s Sour Mood Despite “Booming” Economy
Americans are not happy despite a not at all bad economy leaving most with higher savings and pay than pre-Covid.
Read more...5 Commodities That Could Explode As The Ukraine Crisis Escalates
A look at the commodities that are most vulnerable to reduced supply from Russia.
Read more...Does Limited US Shale Spending Guarantee Higher Energy Prices?
Reduced shale investment is set to lead to sustained higher prices. That’s good for the planet but hard on budgets.
Read more...“What Would Russian Recognition of Separatist Territories in Ukraine Mean?”
Interestingly, a writer at openDemocracy noticed that last week, the Russian parliament gave Putin the green light to recognize Ukraine’s breakaway areas of Donbass and Luhansk. Despite that development, and the West supposedly having clever Russia experts, I don’t see any evidence that our military-intel apparatus or our Russia watchers gamed out this possibility. Mark […]
Read more...Why Is New York’s Bail Reform So Controversial?
How is bail reform working? A review of New York City’s program and that of some states.
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