Russia Slips Out of Kherson Under Cover of Midterms
Russia says it is pulling out of Kherson city, much to the consternation of Russian Telegrammers. But Ukraine isn’t buying it. What gives?
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Government Surveillance at 2022 U.N. Climate Conference
Gambling in Casablanca! Spying in Sharm el-Sheikh, at the COP27 conference! Who’d have thunk it?
Read more...U.S. to Announce Plan for Private Companies to Fund International Renewable Energy Transition
Yet more proof that the US is far more inteested in green energy profiteering than doing the hard work to reduce the pace of climate change.
Read more...A Stunning Political Comeback for Israel’s Netanyahu May Give Way to Governing Nightmare Ahead
Has the wily Netanyahu backed himself into a corner?
Read more...2022 Election Night Live Blog/Open Thread
Live Blog/Open Thread for 2022 midterm results
Read more...Limits to Growth: Inconvenient Truth of Our Times
Before the first UN environmental summit, The Limits to Growth showed Earth’s finite resources cannot support ever-growing human consumption.
Read more...Real Progressives Live with Michael Hudson: The Destiny of Civilization
Michael Hudson explains how financial capitalism won the struggle with industrial capitalism and gave rentiers the upper hand.
Read more...Trump and the Republican Base: A Machine Learning Approach
Economic issues are a primary part of Trump’s appeal to his base
Read more...What “Our Democracy” Should Look Like When Voting: A Simple Plan
We should create policy on the basis of the worst case scenario that the electoral system is run by a criminal class, and create checks and balances that prevent the crooks from taking over voting and corrupting the results.
Read more...The Public Shouldn’t Pay for Drugs Twice
Taxpayers foot the bill for medical research, but drug companies profit. We need a new R&D model to stop this rentierism.
Read more...Collateral Damage From Higher Interest Rates
Why to be wary of Larry Summers selling another Volcker-type “kill the economy to save it” interest rate jihad.
Read more...Russian Oil Price Cap Will Not Apply To Resold Cargoes
The “collective West” is remarkably attached to sanctions that have hurt them more than Russia. The oil price cap is next in this pattern.
Read more...Could the Ukraine Conflict Be an Opportunity for the Global South?
Many countries see the Russia challenge to Western economic dominance as an opportunity to rewrite the rules of global trade in their favor.
Read more...The Destiny of Civilization: An Interview with Michael Hudson on Economic Development, Rentierism, Debt, China
Another tour de force with Michael Hudson, covering development, rentierism, economic narratives, debt dynamics, and the rise of China.
Read more...The Best Climate News You May Not Have Heard About
The Montreal Protocol — designed to save the ozone layer — is also averting other global warming/climate damage.
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