The Gods Are Going Against the Chosen People — Mammon Against Israel, Mars Against the Pentagon
Why Israel can’t handle a long war economically, and is prettyu sure to get one.
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Action Delayed, Justice Denied by Voluntary ESG Approach
A useful debunking of the consultant-enriching, board-distracting, and potentially regulatory-underming con known as ESG investing.
Read more...India Expected To Reject Russian Demand To Pay For Oil In Chinese Yuan
As we warned, bilateral trade, here to avoid using the dollar, is messy. Russia is balking at taking more Indian rupees in payment for oil.
Read more...Russia, China Unite Against US Empire
Michael Hudson on China’s wobbles, Russia-China cooperation, the revolt against colonialism and neoliberalism, and the conflict in Gaza.
Read more...Michael Hudson: IMF Showdown with China in Morocco
China is challenging the US retaining what amounts to veto rights at the IMF. What next?
Read more...Palm Oil: The Ingredient Behind Human Rights Abuses and Eco-Destruction That’s Probably in Your Home Right Now
It’s not the oil palm plant that is the problem, but rather the way it’s grown.
Read more...Michael Hudson: A BRICS+ Bank: How Would It Really Function?
Michael Hudson clears up some of the considerable confusion about what a new BRICS “currency” would amount to.
Read more...Rob Urie: Americans Are Unleashing Monsters They Have No Idea How to Contain
How Americans, or at least their putative leaders, are pursing policies that are deranged and increasingly authoritarian.
Read more...BRICS: An Anti-Imperialist Fantasy and Sub-Imperialist Reality? – Patrick Bond
A no-holds-barred critique of BRICS as mainly aspiring to participate in in current organizations, rather than a create new ones.
Read more...The Neoclassical Growth of China
A model finds that China closely tracked the trajectory of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Does this claim hold up to close scrutiny?
Read more...Dangerous Scramble for Renewable Energy Resources
Demand for materials like lithium that are essential to many so-called “green energy” technologies are setting up conflicts, including war.
Read more...The Intercept’s Latest Leak Might Deal Irreparable Damage to Pakistani-Chinese Relations
The latest Intercept leaks confirm the notion that neither China nor Russia can trust Pakistan. That has awkward implications for China.
Read more...The South China Sea’s Resource Wars
Taiwan is only a part of the ongoing conflict between Chana and America plus its Asian allies.
Read more...A Sign that the West Is Having to Compete for Emerging Economy Loyalty? Long Overdue Progress on Africa-Instigated International Tax Reform
After long resistance by rich nations, African governments successfully pushed for the UN to lead on international tax cooperation.
Read more...Productive and Unproductive Crises
Making a case from past crises that we’ll muddle through our current set and thanks to technology, eventually come out better.
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