Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Farewell, Flat World

A new world is emerging, in which it will be much harder to separate economics from geopolitics

The Global Capital Flows Cycle and Its Drivers: Not Only a US Monetary Policy Story

Financial shocks matter more than US monetary policy. Domestic policies may still mitigate the cycle of global capital flows at the country level.

Links 7/5/19

Ilargi: Memo to the US – The Winds Are Shifting

Why the US looks like it has a glass jaw.

I Think, Therefore I Know: San Francisco Edition

The weird new normal of who gets to say they know better.

2:00PM Water Cooler Independence Day 2019

Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread

Links 7/4/19

Michael Hudson Discusses the IMF and World Bank: Partners In Backwardness

Michael Hudson explains how the IMF and World Bank support US hegemony.

U.N. Report: ‘Human Rights Might Not Survive’ Climate Crisis

Not surprisingly, the poor, particularly in developing countries, will be devastated by climate change.

2:00PM Water Cooler 7/3/2019

Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread.

Mobility and the Desire for Sovereignity in Europe

Lack of geographic mobiliity is a major culprit in the rise of nationalism.

Links 7/3/19

Congress Sniffing Around Botched McKinsey Studies Depicted as Impairing Intelligence Agencies

McKinsey is in hot water again.

Charter Schools Unleashed “Educational Hunger Games” in California. Now It’s Fighting Back.

Andrea Gabor, author of “After the Education Wars,” discusses how California is pushing back on millionaire-driven charter schools. Will the rest of the America follow?

”Maximum Pressure” Campaign Fails To Kill Off Iran’s Oil Exports

Iran and the US look deadlocked.