Unexpected China Factory Contraction Confirms Deflationary Headwinds, Overcapacity
China’s leaders admit to widespread overcapacity, such as in EVs and solar panels. Faillure to solve it could generate Japan-style deflation
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South America’s Sovereignty Is Being Lost in Big Tech’s Clouds
How South America and the Global South generally are selling out their automony and the promise of multipolarity for Big Tech convenience
Read more...Can States Reinvent U.S. Healthcare? This Expert Thinks So
Trump has sent a wrecking ball through US healthcare. Can states team up to preserve some measure of the old normal?
Read more...Iran Refuses to Blink as Europe Eyes Snapback Sanctions
urope is allegedly threatening to launch the JCPOA snapback, which would re-institute tougher sanctions on Iran. But is this threat real?
Read more...The EU-US Trade Deal: Von der Leyen Just Subordinated the EU as the US’ Largest-Ever Vassal State
The EU submits to Trump on trade and accepts further insult via required US investment and energy purchases
Read more...Michael Hudson: Church and Finance – From the Crusades to World War I
Michael Hudson extends his historical review from debt in antiquity the role of the Catholic Church in the rise of banking and war finance.
Read more...Will Voters Turn to Corbyn and Socialism over Starmer’s Big Finance Love-In?
A discussion of whether voters would back Corbyn-style socialism, particularly given Starmer’s ever-rightwards shift.
Read more...Israel’s Atrocities Have Destroyed Its Reputation and Its Security
Netanyahu’s survival strategy, which now includes starving children, is putting Israel at risk in a big way.
Read more...Thomas Neuburger: Rethinking Collapse
Your humble blogger has difficulty with the thesis of this post: “What if collapse is the road to more humane life?”
Read more...When Politics and Finance Merge, Truth Surpasses Fiction
In the West, politics and finance run separately; in the East, they merge. That’s why politics there matters more and political fictions are absent.
Read more...Financial Times and Stanford Business School Describe How Private Equity Investors Like CalPERS Act Like the Dumb Money They Are
More on how private equity investors like CalPERS willingly go along with their victimization.
Read more...Satyajit Das: Parsing President Trump’s Real Agenda
Divining the decision rules that guide Trump’s actions.
Read more...Adams Asks Feds to Probe Conditions at Designed-to-Evade Supervision ICE Lockup in Manhattan
ICE lawbreaking continues yet pressure on NYC Mayor Adams so far has elicited only a wet noodle lashing.
Read more...How Can the Democrats Win Back the Working Class? Economic Populism
A new report finds that championing progressive economic policies can reverse the exodus of working class voters from the Democratic party.
Read more...“How Much Longer Can We Trust Our Economic Statistics?”
Trump budget whackage will further degrade the quality of official statistics. And that really does matter.
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