Big Oil to Benefit From Biden’s Carbon Capture Tax Credits: Report
How carbon capture tax credits funnel billions to the oil and gas industry while delivering few if any climate benefits.
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‘An Act of Terror’: Israel Behind Pager Explosions That Killed 11, Wounded Thousands
Some thoughts on the strategic thinking behind Israel’s pager bomb attacks on Hezbollah, as well as innocent pager users and bystanders.
Read more...Why is Modern Monetary Theory So Important?
A big reason Modern Monetary Theory elicits pushback is that it threatens power relations, specifically, the perceived primacy of financiers.
Read more...Local Decline and Populism
Would prettying up small city high streets in decline ward off dreaded right wing populism?
Read more...What Does ‘Recyclable’ Really Mean?
A trade group is lobbying to redefine recyclable, pressuring regulators to make plastic appear more environmentally friendly.
Read more...Can the UN Save Palestine from US-Israeli Genocide?
The UN General Assembly can sanction Israel for violating the ICJ ruling to expel settlers from the West Bank and Jerusalem. What then?
Read more...On the Second Trump Assassination Attempt: What We Know So Far
Taking another shot.
Read more...The EU Retreats Further into a World of Self-Delusion
Mario Draghi calls for Europe, decimated by self-inflicted energy crisis and social austerity, to go on borrowing spree to pay for endless fight against Russia.
Read more...Harris Can’t Embrace Billionaires if She Wants to Win
But has she already embraced them?
Read more...Is US Policy Saving the Dollar or Destroying It?
How the global economy is being restructured, in no small measure due to inept, self-destructive policy moves that undermine dollar use in trade.
Read more...Can We Afford the Welfare State?
Unpacking why the obstacle to preserving the welfare state is not national income or demographics but rentiers increasing their take.
Read more...Kentucky Retirement Systems Plaintiffs Battle With Yet More Efforts by KKR and Blackstone to Delay or Prevent Discovery
An update on the long-running Kentucky Retirement Systems pension case, with KKR and Blackstone and their execs still fighting discovery
Read more...Putin Calls for Sanctions Revenge, Threatens to Cap Uranium Exports
Russia is considering restricting commodities exports such as uranium to what it has called “unfriendly” countries.
Read more...A Short Overview of Making Colonial Empires by European Powers from the Time of the Vienna Congress up to WWI (1815−1914)
A high level recap of how European powers built out their empires in the century before the Great War.
Read more...A Dilly in Philly: Kamala v. Trump Presidential Debate Live Blog
Volatility is the central feature of this election, despite all efforts to keep things stable. It follows that the debate will be volatile.
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