The Huge US Bond Market and the US Dollar Blow Off the “Debasement Trade”
Why the dollar and Treasuries have rallied despite the Liberation Day swoon and “debasement trade” patter.
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After Tariffs, Trump Courts India With Energy and Defense Deals
Neocons still fantasize that the US, having slapped India around, can offer enough cash and prizes to keep it away from Russia and China.
Read more...Quelle Surprise! Advanced Nations Stymie Governance Reforms at World Bank Intended to Increase Influence of Global Majority
More than a decade of stalled Wrold Bank shareholding reforms illustrate how geopolitical rivalries undermine the push for multipolarity
Read more...Trump’s Chabahar Sanctions Waiver Revocation & Bagram Airbase Talk Pile Pressure on India
The US decided that India’s rise as a Great Power must be derailed and it’ll pursue this by all possible means.
Read more...“BRICS Are the New Defenders of Free Trade, the WTO, the IMF and the World Bank” and Support Genocide by Continuing to Trade with Israel
Discussions of how BRICS is not living up to its lofty promises and is on the path to supporting neoliberalism and hegemony in new clothes
Read more...Michael Hudson: Trump’s Destruction of US Economy, Starting with Agriculture
How Trump’s policies are destroying key elements of U.S. economic prosperity, with agriculture as a canary in the coal mine.
Read more...Trump UK State Visit Demonstrates That the Power Elite Has Drawn Up the Drawbridge Over Safety Fears
The handling of Trump’s UK state visit confirms elite insecurity and safety fears. Like many Trump and UK/EU moves, crackdowns may backfire
Read more...Quelle Surprise! CEOs Overwhelmingly Negative on Trump’s Economic Policies as Shallow Fed Rate Cut Confirms Stagflation Worries
Even a bastion of Republican support, CEOs, has soured on Trump’s economic policies, as the damage to regular citizens mounts.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Who Writes the New Rules as Power Shifts Away from the US?
Michael Hudson discusses many of the responses to the US loss of economic dominance, from Europe’s self-immolation to China’s lending.
Read more...U.S. Automakers Navigate Rising Metal Costs and Supply Woes
Beleagured US automakers, who remain important employers, face new tsuris in tariff costs and scarcity of key minerals.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Trump’s Economic War Against Europe, Korea and Japan
On the impact of Trump overplaying his hand with trade partners who aren’t all that dependent on the US.
Read more...Giorgio Armani: Farewell to the Visionary Designer/Businessman Who Lifted Italy into Fashion Leadership
Armani played a key role in fashion, not just via designs, but also his business acumen that helped elevate Italy to the industry’s top tier
Read more...More Trump Administration Circular Firing Squad with Investor-Spooking ICE Raid on Hyundai-LG Plant
The fallout from the ICE raid on a Georgia Hyundai -LG startup looks to be serious.
Read more...Michael Hudson: SCO and BRICS 2025
The SCO meeting looked to be a great success. But what can we expect in folllow through?
Read more...Michael Hudson: Eurasian World Order – New Global Governance
Michael Hudson discusses hot topics, such as the implications of the SCO conference and Xi’s global governance proposal.
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