How Largely Hidden Trends Are Shattering the Global Trade System
Howy national conflicts, new concerns about security and supply chain risk, and technology are reshaping trade networks to be closer to home.
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Is Donald Trump Likely to Resign?
Looking at some underrated Trump weaknesses.
Read more...“A Scandal’: Contracts Show Trump Giving Big Pharma Free Rein to Price Gouge Taxpayer-Funded Coronavirus Drugs
Drug price gouging is so widespread in the US that it seems unlikely that there will be enough outrage to limit coronavirus drug price gouging.
Read more...Education 101: Don’t Open a New Charter School in the Middle of a Pandemic
A hard look at charter school misleading ads, racial segregation, and dodgy economics.
Read more...New Complaint With California Watchdog Charges CalPERS Board Member Theresa Taylor With Perjury for Filing False Declarations That Hid Over $30,000 of Income; Follows Fines of Board President Jones for Campaign Violations
CalPERS vice president and Investment Committee chairman Theresa Taylor had engaged in an apparent clear cut perjury by failing to disclose income.
Read more...The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly About the Fed’s New Credit Allocation Policy
Why using credit as an economic remedy evenutally does more harm than good.
Read more...Beneath the Bluster, Boris Johnson’s ‘New Deal’ Offers Nothing New
Boris Johnson’s effort at a New Deal Big Lie goes splat.
Read more...The Federal Government Always Money-Finances Its Spending: A Restatement
An explanation of the mechanics of Federal spending, with emphasis on the role of the Fed and Treasury.
Read more...Do Cry for Those in Arizona: What Happens When Politicians Disregard Health Care and Public Health Professionals During a Pandemic
How Arizona epitomizes the backwards approach the US has taken to its health care crisis.
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: Interview with Léa El Azzi on Capitalism After the Pandemic, Europe, Greece, Lebanon & the IMF
A discussion of the state of capitailsm, with a European/Lebanase slant.
Read more...We Won’t Have a Truly Global Economy Until We Tax It That Way
Tax is an enormously powerful tool for shaping economic policy and thus bears close watching.
Read more...WSJ Says Banks Can’t Determine Who Is Credit-Worthy: More COVID-19 Fallout
WSJ says banks can no longer determine who is credit-worthy using existing models – more COVID-19 fallout, this of uncertain magnitude.
Read more...Global Covid-19 Cases Top 10 Million As HHS Secretary Warns ‘Window is Closing’ to Get Disease Back Under Control in US
HHS Secretary Alex Azar concedes the US may have lost control of the COVID-19 pandemic after a surge in cases.
Read more...Pentagon Porks Up as Covid-19 Bleeds Economy
Quelle surprise! Pentagon grifting continues apace, even in the face of a full-bore domestic crisis.
Read more...Waste Watch: Plastic Free July in the Age of COVID-19
As COVID-19 swamps the world, other problems remain. Commit to a plastic free July and mitigate the world’s plastic problem.
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