Financial Times: Chinese Officials “Awed” by Trump’s “Skill as a Strategist and Tactician”
Believe it or not, many top Chinese officials are impressed with Trump’s game so far.
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Brexit Crash Out Virtually Certain
Brexit uglies are only getting uglier.
Read more...The Regulation That Could Push Oil To $200
A measure to clean up maritime fuel oil could cause havoc for oil prices generally.
Read more...(Mis)Adventures in Portland and a Visit to Occupy ICE
My visit last week to Portland was more exciting, in the good and bad sense, than I expected it to be.
Read more...The Missing Profits of Nations
Profit shifting is a key driver of the decline in global average statutory corporate tax rate, which has fallen by more than half
Read more...John Feffer: Trump Doctrine as Kamikaze Antiglobalism
Is extreme antiglobalism the doctrine that undergirds many of Trump’s actions?
Read more...Trump Tariffs Hit Largest US Aluminum Company, ALCOA
Tariffs misfire yet again.
Read more...Migrants, Pro-Globalization “Leftists,” and the Suffocating Middle Class
Economic migrants seek prosperity and are justified in doing so, yet they can also be seen as pawns in an international strategy that destroys the negotiating leverage of workers. The resulting contradictions potentially render conventional political classifications obsolete.
Read more...Marshall Auerback: Trump’s Trade War with China Will Cause an Economic Catastrophe — Here’s a Better Solution
How to impose trade rules that will bring jobs back to the US in a much more surgical manner than a costly and potentially self-defeating trade wars.
Read more...Can Globalization Be Reversed?
Will the Trump tariffs lead to a rollback of globalization? And if so, what might it look like?
Read more...Don Quijones: Multiyear, Job-Creating, Mass-Tourist Boom in Spain Runs Out of Steam
Tourism in Spain accounted for a quarter of the jobs created since 2013 — but mass-tourism of this type brings its own problems.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Argentina Gets Biggest IMF Loan in History
Leftout podcast of The Hudson Report, with Michael Hudson, discussing the award to Argentina of the biggest loan in the IMF’s history (includes transcript).
Read more...EU Elite on the (Far) Right Side of History
Why the design of the Eurozone has produced right wing policies.
Read more...Trump’s Visit Marks the Start of Shock Doctrine Brexit
As Brexit approaches, the personal enrichment hopes of some of its proponents come into focus.
Read more...The Political Representation of the European People
A discussion of whether rising political pressure can produce needed economic and democratic reforms.
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