Is the US condemned to "doing stupid shit" (Obama) because of its Western liberalism coupled with vast power enabling interventionist policy? And is there an economic motive behind this, notably from MICIMATT aka Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academia-Think-Tank complex (Ray McGovern) that President Eisenhower warned about but also from all those who stand to gain from the continuance and expansion of the US-controlled "rules-based international order." And is liberal...
Read More »How Wall Street Takeover of Rental Market Is Fueling the Homelessness Crisis — Conor Gallagher
Wall Street’s takeover of the American rental market really took off during Obama’s foreclosure regime as the firms snapped up properties (including from many small landlords) at bargain prices. The pace has continued to accelerat…There’s constant media talk of a housing shortage to explain the US homelessness crisis, but according to the lawsuit against RealPage, one of its tactics is also keeping units off the market in order to drive up prices.…By tightening its grip on the American...
Read More »SchiffGold — Missouri Bill Would Take Steps Toward Treating Gold and Silver as Money
Whatever. The only thing the bill does that actually counts financially is defining gold and silver as currencies rather than commodities, thereby "eliminating the state capital gains tax on gold and silver." Otherwise it confuses "money" as a token used in exchange with a currency as a unit of account functioning as the basis of an accounting system.SchiffGoldMissouri Bill Would Take Steps Toward Treating Gold and Silver as Money
Read More »Zero Hedge — Here Are The Concessions McCarthy Had To Make For Speakership
As has been reported, it will only take a single congressperson, acting in what is known as a Jeffersonian Motion, to move to remove the Speaker if he or she goes back on their word or policy agenda.A “Church” style committee will be convened to look into the weaponization of the FBI and other government organizations (presumably the CIA, the subject of the original Church Committee) against the American people.Term limits will be put up for a vote.Bills presented to Congress will be single...
Read More »Liberty Street Economics — Global Supply Chain Pressure Index: The China Factor
The GSCPI peaked at 4.3 standard deviations above its historical mean at the end of 2021, after which it declined substantially. The initial period of decline saw it drop to 2.8 by March 2022, after which it temporarily increased in April, primarily due to pandemic lockdowns in China and the Russia-Ukraine war. The GSCPI then experienced five consecutive months of declines, reaching a low of 0.9 in September. However, the past three months have witnessed a pause in the reversion to the...
Read More »Big rally today. Did anything change?
Yesterday they hated in on the job number. Today they loved it, on basically the same job number. Trade and invest using the concepts of MMT. Get a 30-day free trial to MMT Trader. https://www.mmteconomics.com/ Understanding the Daily Treasury Statement video course. https://www.pitbulleconomics.com/understanding-daily-treasury-statement-video-course/?s2-ssl=yes Mike Norman Twitter https://twitter.com/mikenorman Mike Norman Economics: https://mikenormaneconomics.blogspot.com/...
Read More »Why BRI is back with a bang in 2023 — Pepe Escobar
As Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative enters its 10th year, a strong Sino-Russian geostrategic partnership has revitalized the BRI across the Global South.The CradleWhy BRI is back with a bang in 2023Pepe EscobarSee alsoIndia PunchlineIndia’s got the BRICS bluesM. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service and former ambassador
Read More »The Fed Should Take Credit and Go Home — Stephanie Kelton
Inflation is coming down, but no thanks are due to the Fed for the trend reversal.The LensThe Fed Should Take Credit and Go HomeStephanie Kelton | Professor of Public Policy and Economics at Stony Brook University, formerly Democrats' chief economist on the staff of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, and an economic adviser to the 2016 presidential campaign of Senator Bernie Sanders
Read More »Bannon: “we’re not going to raise the debt ceiling one penny”
Current MAGA view:
Read More »MMT critics are out again claiming victory. They’re wrong.
Their arguments and attacks are so weak, it's comical. Trade and invest using the concepts of MMT. Get a 30-day free trial to MMT Trader. https://www.mmteconomics.com/ Mike Norman Twitter https://twitter.com/mikenorman Mike Norman Economics: https://mikenormaneconomics.blogspot.com/ Understanding the Daily Treasury Statement video course. https://www.pitbulleconomics.com/understanding-daily-treasury-statement-video-course/?s2-ssl=yes
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