Bad Samaritans in Foreign Aid
Who’d have thunk it? The notion that foreign aid might be self-interested looks to novel, at least among economists.
Read more...Who’d have thunk it? The notion that foreign aid might be self-interested looks to novel, at least among economists.
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Read more...Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff discuss the recent BRICS summit as well as its rapidly-evolving geopolitical backdrop.
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Read more...Vengeance is coming home.
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Read more...A discussion of some of the ways Iran could use economic, as in oil, leverage to retaliate against an Israel strike.
Read more...The EU starts a trade war with China. Like the “de-risking” from Russia, the US is once again poised to be the main beneficiary.
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