How Neoliberalism Is Digging the Holes of Flagging, Indebted Economies Even Deeper
Indebted, low growth economies have a path for recovery. But neolibearlism stands in the way.
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Call Your Congresscritters: OpenAI Laying the Groundwork for Massive Federal Bailout
AI is not just coming for your job. Industry leaders plan to pick your pocket on a massive scale via a bailout.
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...Revolutions in Russia in 1917: February and October
A summary of the tumultuous events of Russia’s 1917 revolutions.
Read more...The Lasting Economic Scars of War
War is even more destructive in economic terms than is widely acknowledged.
Read more...Wall Street Journal Insults Reader Intelligence, Depicts Lenders as Addressing Loan Risks When That Horse Has Left the Barn and Is in the Next County
The Wall Street Journal does its readers no favors in its whole-hog adoption of the fraud spin in ‘splaining high profile loan losses.
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...Mission Impossible: Why the US Cannot Reverse Its Manufacturing Decline
Debunking magical thinking about the US regaining its manufacturing mojo at scale.
Read more...The Macroeconomic Implications of Extreme Weather Events: Insights from Advanced Economies
Economists are starting to come to grips with the costs of weather/climate change induced disasters. But are their approaches adequate?
Read more...A Few Thoughts About the Russian End Game in Ukraine and the Risk of Losing the Peace
New musings on what sort of conclusion to the war Russia might impose, and specifically, how Russia reduces its security risks.
Read more...Big Employers Using AI to Decimate White Collar Jobs; What Happens When Real Incomes, Employment, and Social Compacts Erode?
Big companies are cutting white collar jobs, because AI, and warn more is to come. What does this mean for the economy and social stability?
Read more...How Tariffs Hurt the Ones You Love
Investors believe that companies and industries in “red” areas will be hit harder by tariff blowback than those in “bluer” regions.
Read more...Food Inflation: The Price Spikes of Beef, Coffee, Eggs, and Dairy
CPI for food at home has surged by 30% since January 2020.
Read more...Rob Urie: Democrats Who Created the Bad Status Quo Won’t Become Saviors
The Democrats as a and even the reason US policies are so contrary to the interests of most of the public.
Read more...Data Centers Spark Bipartisan Fury As Energy Costs Soar
Voters are waking up to the fact that their soaring electricity costs represent a big subsidy to data centers. What happens next?
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