Mike Norman Economics

Arms race on. Defense industry, a euphemism for the military industrial complex, salivates.As DefSec Mattis admits, the US cannot stop an ICBM attack by capabilities that already exists, so new technology doesn't increase the threat. The US strategy is not to counter an attack directly with through deterrence based on the the nuclear triad, or "trident."No matter, huge increases in defense spending are already on the way.The National InterestCould America Stop a Cruise Missile or Hypersonic...

Even if you are not following this, Dirk Ehnts' explanation of Keynes' position in the General Theory is of interest regarding his view on addressing unemployment that is substantially the same as the MMT position. The position of what now goes by the name "Keynesianism" is different from both.Some keeper Keynes quotes, too.econoblog 101Discussion with Ben Fine about Keynes and KeynesianismDirk Ehnts | Lecturer at Bard College Berlin

An excellent article which suggests another reason why Rex Tillerson was fired. This article says that he was involved in trying to stage a false flag in Syria by launching a chemical weapons attack and blaming it onto Assad. The Russians alerted the Trump administration about this and Rex Tillerson was fired.  KV Bypassing the official diplomatic channels, Russian Chief of Staff General Valeri Guerassimov contacted his US counterpart General Joseph Dunford to inform him of his fear of a...

Socialists have got to wake up to this, George Soros and the (neo) liberals are changing our society forever. Most liberals are kindhearted people that hate racism, but we also love our liberal society and don't want it changed.Some conspiracy theorists say that what George Soros and his like our really trying to fragment European society so they can divide and rule, I don't know, but we don't want to live in an Islamic state.The Middle East could have been secular by now, but the Western...

US President Donald Trump has hit back at 'the Fake News Media' over its criticism of him congratulating Russian President Vladimir Putin on his re-election victory, saying “getting along with Russia is a good thing.” RT - ‘Peace through strength!’ Trump says ‘getting along with Russia is a good thing’ But the liberals don't like it, isn't that weird? KV

The Russian side initiated the contact. Gen. Gerasimov likely repeated to Gen. Dunford what the Russian MoD had stated publicly — if the US launches an attack on Syria, the Russian military will respond. The Russian leadership seems to be convinced that this is the US intention behind recent troop and naval movements. TASSChief of Russian General Staff discusses Syria with US counterpart - Defense MinistrySee alsoThe Vineyard of the SakerOfficial Statement of the Russian Ministry of Foreign...

The 1990’s were among the four worst periods in Russian history, which collectively were:The Mongol Invasion of 1240 — Including all the events that went with it, the fall of Kiev, the sundering of Ukraine and Belarus from the territory of modern Russia, their partition into Lithuanian Rus’, and later Rzeczpospolita (Poland-Lithuania). The Time of Troubles 1598-1613 The Bolshevik Revolution (1917) and events that followed the 1990s (which happened in the 1990’s believe it or not) Russia...

Interesting look at the history.Information Transfer EconomicsIt's the 80s!Jason Smith

It is a centuries-old practice of the maritime powers [thalassocracy] to "isolate" their enemies with a curtain made of economic sanctions, military encirclement, political and ideological condemnation: in the past, "isolation" or "strangulation" was usually the source of war. The latest developments in Europe are therefore to be looked at with concern: in the United Kingdom, the clumsy poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal was exploited to further exacerbate diplomatic relations...

What we are watching in the US is a hysteria being orchestrated by parties and members of the US corporate and political establishment to rally “America” against the “commie Soviets” again, except there are no “commie Soviets.” The push for Russophobia is like nothing Western audiences – yes, audiences because this is theater – have seen before, even during the Cold War. Night and day, the press wheels churn any and all content warning that the Russians are coming, linking Russia to...