Economist Michael Hudson discusses the decline of the US dollar, the sanctions war on Russia, his concept of “free-trade imperialism,” and financial parasitism.
Read more...CalPERS long-term care victims, um, policyholders: the press is interested in your plight! Use the link in this post to a NYT contact form.
Read more...More sanctions sparring, with the latest US move looking petty and lame.
Read more...How a reversal of Roe v. Wade plus the plans of some states to criminalize abortions as broadly as possible could produce a legal train wreck.
Read more...A new book documents the scale and mechanism of the looting of Africa.
Read more...School bus drivers in Bay City, Michigan, have pushed back against mindless outsourcing of their union jobs.
Read more...One day after Elon Musk took over Twitter, a top European regulator gave the world’s richest man a “reality check” about how they will respond if he loosens the platform’s content moderation policies.
Read more...Future resilience requires smart diversification and exploitation of working-from-home production.
Read more...Yves here. Helmer gives interlocking updates, one of what can be inferred about the state of the war in Ukraine, the other on the prospects for Team Dem come November. Recall that Helmer was part of the Carter Administration, as so has some perspective. A couple of additions: Helmer provides evidence that Ukraine is regrouping […]
Read more...Is it possible to adapt to the inevitable like climate collapse? We do it all the time, and everyone living will do it at least once.
Read more...More on why the CDC is beyond redemption.
Read more...NYC’s notorious cesspool masquearading as a jail, Rikers Island, has failed to implement mandated reforms, which may result in a Fed takeover
Read more...How a new consultant, Global Governance Advisors, is helping CalPERS executives and staff even better line their pockets.
Read more...Biden broke yet another campaign pledge Friday and announced his administration will resume fossil fuel lease sales for public lands.
Read more...The U.S. is sliding toward a future where abortion is criminalized. This “new normal” disproportionately hits low-income people of color
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