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Prominent US Economist Daron Acemoglu, the professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has agreed to provide his assistance in restoring Armenia’s economy after the country was hit with a wave of anti-government protests, newly-elected Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Sunday. “I just had a phone conversation with widely known economist of Armenian origin Daren Acemoglu. He said that he is ready to help Armenia in the issue of restoring and developing the...

Econospeak Everything You Would Learn about Marxism If You Were Subjected to Two of My Lectures Peter Dorman | Professor of Political Economy, The Evergreen State College Magpie's Asymmetric Warfare Unfrequently Asked Questions: Marx and Marxism (i) Magpie International Socialist ReviewMarx and Engels...and Darwin? The essential connection between historical materialism and natural selection Ian Angus MROnlineKarl Marx: India’s freedom struggle too was influenced by Marxism...

Exposé. Bolton again, and more.TruthdigTrump Team May Be Focusing on Odd, Obscure Iran Plan Max Blumenthal

One ring to rule them all.East Asia Forum (Australia)China’s state media is going global Zi Yang, RSIS also I wonder how they are going to explain China's rise only after abandoning Mao's strict Marxism-Leninism for Deng's introduction of markets. Socialism with Chinese characteristics, I guess. Defend Democracy Press Meeting Marx: Chinese youth dig Marxism’s appeal Xinhua

The real reason is that they think everyone is like them. A misanthropic view of humanity guides the tech aristocracy — and it’s trickled into their vision of the future But I would argue it goes somewhat deeper than that. They are aware of how tenuous civilization has becomes, being so dependent on fragile systems that are highly efficient but lack resilience and there is inadequate redundancy and backup. Vital resource shortages could develop more quickly than they can be addressed as a...

I would post a link to Martin Wolf's article but it is behind a paywall at the Financial Times. So this will have to do unless you have access. Somewhat embarrassingly, Brad DeLong gets Mariana Mazzacuto's name wrong. Oh, well, I make mistakes like that, too, on occasion.Wolf review poses a very pregnant question, "… she forces us to ask ourselves what adds value to society and how to create an economic and social order that promotes that."WCEGThe extremely intelligent Martin Wolf...

Trump is a disaster for the environment, for wildlife, and for human life. Trump has handed over to polluters oil and mineral rights in US National Monuments. Mining will now deface what was before Trump protected national monuments, and oil drilling will destroy the Arctic National Refuge. He has appointed polluters to run the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and he has waived rules in order to comply with the polluting industries’ wish list. Trump wants to cut EPA funding by 23...

The US is a morally bankrupt society, says Lee Camp, and this is a prefect example of the corporate state beating and arresting those that don't agree with their pillaging and corruption. All Ray McGovern was doing was protesting against the confirmation of the torturer, Gina Haspel, a person who should be put on trail for war crimes. [embedded content]  

For months, a campaign has been aimed at destabilising British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, accused of anti-Semitism. The right-wing party, Tony Blair’s heir, and pro-Israel circles are targeting both Corbyn’s left-wing line and his support for the Palestinian people. They are rounding up on Jeremy Corbyn, but what about anti-Palestinian-ism in both the main British political parties? KV Britain’s opposition leader should have plenty on his plate at the moment, but Labour leader...

Julian Assange is in immense danger. Remarks made this week by Ecuador’s foreign minister suggest that her government may be preparing to renege on the political asylum it granted to the WikiLeaks editor in 2012 and hand him over to British and then American authorities. On March 28, under immense pressure from the governments in the US, Britain and other powers, Ecuador imposed a complete ban on Assange having any Internet or phone contact with the outside world, and blocked his friends...