Drugmakers Are Abandoning Cheap Generics, and Now US Cancer Patients Can’t Get Meds
The US is is abandoning treatable patients, first by not providing reasonably priced insulin, now by ignoring cancer drug shortages.
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Biden Undoes Blinken China Visit and Then Some by Calling Xi a Dictator
When you thought the US might finally have hit bottom on the China front, we show we can reach new lows.
Read more...The Economic Effects of Military Support for Ukraine: Evidence from Fiscal Multipliers in Donor Countries
An argument that spending on Ukraine is not quite as unproductive as it seems.
Read more...The Silent Slaughter of the Flower of Ukraine’s Youth
The bloody war in Ukraine has reached the carnage phase, as least for Urkaine’s men and their backers.
Read more...Blinken-Qin Talks in Beijing: US and China Agree to Keep Talking Past Each Other
Readouts from a meeting between Anthony Blinken and his counterpart Qin Gang indicate the US and China are barely communicating.
Read more...To His Last Breath, Daniel Ellsberg Fought to Save the World
Paul Jay on Ellsberg: “Dan fearlessly risked everything in his unwavering quest for social justice and opposition to war. “
Read more...Annual Numbers of Excess Deaths in the US Relative to Other Developed Countries Are Growing at an Alarming Rate
America continues to be exceptional, here in our level of excess deaths.
Read more...Energy Destinies – Part 1: Power Needs and Sources – Balancing Barrels
Satyajit Das provides a series on the energy transition, starting with the historical role of energy and supply and demand patterns.
Read more...As Wildfire Smoke Clears, Scientists Warn Air Quality Impacts Aren’t Over
As bad air becomes a new normal, advanced economies grapple with impact of sooty wildfire smoke on top of existing pollutants.
Read more...Michael Hudson at Global University, Hong Kong, on Ukraine, Europe, China, and the Dollar’s Future
Michael Hudson gives a globe-spanning look at recent economic and geopolitical events.
Read more...How This Regional Bank Mortgage Lender Crisis is Different
Every bank crisis has its own overarching narrative and streams of sub-narratives that course through the marketplace day to day.
Read more...The War on Terror’s Lingering Pain
The war on terror’s high costs are buried in the US.
Read more...Is Russia’s Least Bad Option Now the Maximalist Stance of Taking Control of Western Ukraine?
Is Russia moving towards the perceived necessity of subduing western Ukraine? And how might that work?
Read more...Booming Solar Industry Has An Unresolved Waste Problem
Solar panels have a roughly 15 year life. Where do they go to die? The answers now are not very good.
Read more...The Food War, the Grain Deal, and the Real Deal
The West is trying to use the Ukraine grain deal to stymie Russia…..with ample support from the UN’s Guterres.
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