Why having central banks as the inflation shock troops is not such a hot idea.
Friday, July 24, 2026
Fertilizer Prices Are Soaring – and That’s an Opportunity to Promote More Sustainable Ways of Growing Crops
The fertilizer price crisis may represent an opportunity….but can farmers take advantage of it?
Boris Johnson’s Hypocrisy on the Northern Ireland Protocol Is a New Low
Boris Johnson has threatened for some time to blow up Brexit’s Northern Ireland protoocol, and now he’s finally set the process in motion.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/14/2022
Today’s Water Cooler
SWIFT Dollar Decline
US-led sanctions are inadvertently undermining post-Second World War dollar dominance. Countries threatened are respond pro-actively.
After Decades of God-like Omnipotence, Central Bankers Are Finally Falling Back Down to Earth
For the first time in a very long time, central bankers are coming under friendly fire as they lose control over some of the economic forces they themselves have helped to generate.
Anschluss, Again — Anticipating Poland’s Strategy in Russia’s Intelligence Assessment
Is Poland scheming? And if so, what might come of its plans?
Race Is Often Used as Medical Shorthand for How Bodies Work. Some Doctors Want to Change That.
How race factors into medical assessments, often not properly.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/13/2022
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Pursuing India’s Multi-Aligned Foreign Policy in a Multipolar World: Time for a Sister Souljah Moment?
Offensive comments by BJP officials have sparked diplomatic condemnation, at potential cost to India’s foreign policy of multi-alignment.
Western Self-Destruction Continues: US Eyepoking China, US Failed Muscling of Latin America, EU Commission Schemes to Admit Ukraine. To What End?
Western officials are doing an impressive job of making not-great to bad situations worse. What gives?
How to Stay Cool in Hot Weather
With heat waves becoming more prevalent due to climate change, planning ahead can help provide relief during the next hot spell.
Would A Price Cap On Russian Oil Help Curb Its Revenue?
Janet Yellen’s idea that Russia will sell oil to the collective West at a super duper discount looks pretty unhinged.
