Yanis Varoufakis: Greece, EU Elections, Palestine & the International Order – JACOBIN Interview with David Broder
Varoufakis weighs in on topics of keen interest: the looting of Greece, then and now, the European left, and Palestine.
Read more...Varoufakis weighs in on topics of keen interest: the looting of Greece, then and now, the European left, and Palestine.
Read more...A discussion of Peter Turchin’s End Times: Elites Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration.
Read more...How much of a role did a mid-2000s Central America trade deal play in the migration surge to the US from the region?
Read more...When you’ve lost the IMF…..
Read more...Looking at the economic impact of war on neighboring countries, including ones not part of the theater of conflict.
Read more...Similar to how US overreach made Russia and China allies, so too have US policies in the Middle East lead Iran and Iraq to team up.
Read more...Some Gaza updates: carnage and starvation on the ground, cynical US machinations, and more signs of IDF weakness.
Read more...This column studies the rise and fall of paper money in 13-14th century China over three stages: full silver convertibility, nominal silver convertibility, and fiat standard.
Read more...The second of a two-part discussion on whither China’s economy, emphasizing where the Western press and pundits are off base.
Read more...The promise of artificial intelligence is eclipsed by its perils, which include our own annihilation.
Read more...Efforts to crush the Russian diamond trade come when the industry is under duress. Why might the comparatively small Russian exports survive?
Read more...Radical societal transformation is inevitable; a plan for renewable energy could make a difference between catastrophe and progress.
Read more...Germany continues to self-destruct, more austerity planned for EU, Ursula von der Leyen’s “tools” are sharpened to deal with prole backlash.
Read more...China has become economically wobbly of late. What does that portend?
Read more...Special interests and the lack of a unified vision facilitate corruption. Rising debt levels in the developing world suggest a tipping point.
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