Steve Keen Warns Crash of 2026 Will Be Worse Than 2008
Steve Keen was one of the few economists to predict the 2008 crisis. His call for a 2026 crash looks all too credible.
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Car Industry Woes Intensify as US Consumers Refuse to Eat the Dog Food, China Suffers from Overcapacity
The car industry is in a world of hurt, and that has significant economic and societal implications.
Read more...Why Did Russia Abstain From the Latest UNSC Resolution on Gaza Instead of Veto It?
Russia and China did not veto a Gaza-colonizing UN resolution, which says much about where multipolarity is turning out to be.
Read more...More and More Young People Disengaged from Work and Social Contact
Unemployment among young graduates has hit a sustained high level in many countries, which will produce further social and economic harm.
Read more...The Trans-Caspian Pipeline Is Resurrected as the U.S. Plots a Return to Central Asia
The Turkish Trojan Horse pressures Russia and Iran on new fronts, but China holds dominant position.
Read more...The E.U. ‘Derisks’ Itself Into Another Disaster
Despite years of supposed preparation, the bloc is now scrambling for rare earths. Will the US have any more success?
Read more...What Can Europe Learn From China’s Critical-Tech Innovation Push?
China’s rise in frontier technologies narrows its gap with the US as Europe struggles with slow replication and fragmented research.
Read more...Trump Looks Likely to Lose at Supreme Court on Challenge to His Assertion of Emergency Tariff Authority. How Much Damage Would That Do to His Pretenses of Power?
The tariff situation has developed not necessarily to the Trump Administration’s advantage. What happens if it loses at the Supreme Court?
Read more...China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the Shifting Landscape of Trade and Investment
The US has responded a bit China’s Belt and Road initiative by increasing foreign direct investment in participating countries.
Read more...“The Multipolarism of Fools: The BRICS Are Not the Answer”
A hot mess of a BRICS critique, among other things lambasting the growing association as anti-democratic.
Read more...Technology Empires and the Race to Cement Dominance
A look at how the US and China are seeking to achieve technology hegemonies, and the efforts of smaller countries to carve out niches.
Read more...The Stage Is Set For a US-Instigated Security Dilemma Between the Eurasian Rimland & Heartland
The US and its major European and Asian allies have embarked on a Eurasia contaiment strategy. What are its prospects?
Read more...The Diminishing Returns of ‘Victory’: Empire in the Age of Climate Tipping Points
All the US energy poured into imperial submission accelerates the gains of humanity’s greatest threat.
Read more...How the Chinese Principles of the Tao Explain the Economy
Rethinking economics through Taoism: Money is the Tao, capital & labor are Yin/Yang, and the Invisible Hand is Wu-Wei (non-interference)
Read more...Trump 2.0’s Eurasian Balancing Act Has Failed
Yet more case examples of Trump arrogance and aggression producing failure.
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