Category Archives: Politics

IPCC Manipulating Climate Report Summary to Favor Wealthy Nations

The upcoming IPCC report overview is being airbrushed so as to cut unwarranted slack to developed economies.

First Set of High Seas Treaty Negotiations Concludes in New York

The first set of of four negotiating sessions to produce a UN treaty on the high seas by 2020 concluded last week in New York; this would extend the existing law of the sea framework beyond each nation’s territorial waters.

Does the U.S. Have the Ingredients to Win a Trade War?

In winning the trade battle with China, Trump may lose the war against inflation.

SEC Enforcement Wanes on Trump’s Watch

SEC co-director of enforcement Stephanie Avakian delivered a speech in Dallas last week defending the agency’s enforcement record, as the number of cases brought and amount of fines collected both continue to drop.

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: It Is Outrageous That the US Is Supporting a Genocidal War in Yemen

Over 5 million children are facing starvation and a cholera outbreak is raging in Yemen, the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, yet the US continues to support the Saudi bombing and destruction of the country, says Rep. Tulsi Gabbard

Crash Out Brexit Virtually Guaranteed as EU Leaders Talk Tough to Theresa May, Reject Chequers Plan, and Give Her October Deadline

Brexit negotiations are over. The only question is whether the EU and UK continue to expend energy talking past each other.

On Brexit, UK Negotiators Have Adopted a Hard Bargaining Strategy

A look at the UK’s negotiating stance, charitably assuming that it is by design.

Michael Hudson: 10 Years Since Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy – Did the Economy Really Recover?

Michael Hudson discusses the economic impact of not writing down debts in the wake of the crisis.

Michael Hudson: The Lehman 10th Anniversary Spin as a Teachable Moment

Why you should take conventional wisdom about the Lehman collapse and the crisis with a fistful of salt.

J.D. Alt: Paying for Hurricanes

A reminder that the budgetary “paying for things” framing is a way to deny resources to citizens.

Gaius Publius: Brett Kavanaugh’s #MeToo Moment — Questions Raised As His Accuser Comes Forward

The Kavanaugh row gets messier.

Double Whammy: Implicit Subsidies and the Great Financial Crisis

Follow the subsidies, and you will understand why we had the crisis and why not enough has been done to prevent a recurrence.

Jumping the Abyss: Marriner S. Eccles and the New Deal, 1933-1940

An in-depth look at Marriner Eccles’ ideas and policies, and how well they have withstood the test of time.

Victorian Central Banks and the Myth of Independence

Central banks have not always been independent, inflation targeting bodies, and to treat them as such is to obscure their complex histories and alternative institutional constellations.

Brexit: Circling the Drain?

Has anything changed on the Brexit front?