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Paul Robinson — Fearmongering, pure and simple

The British military industrial complex needs to get its story straight. The Russian threat keeps changing from week to week, as more and more potentially nation-destroying dangers emanating from Moscow are revealed. The only thing that all the scary stories about Russia have in common is that they repeat the mantra that Russia is dangerous, very dangerous, and that the UK should therefore spend more on defence. The BBC notes in an article about Gavin Williamson’s statement that, ‘It comes...

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Seth Sandronsky — Gov. Brown, Meet Mr. Keynes

Non-sequitur. Sandronsky criticizes Jerry Brown for being anti-Keynesian and then admits that US states don't have the same fiscal space as the general government. Why then does Gov. Brown ignore Keynes’ insights on government or state spending to spur the economy? One reason is that state governments are unable to run deficits in the way that Uncle Sam can. Another is that Gov. Brown is reserving state revenue to repay Wall St. creditors in a downturn. The state issues bonds that these...

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George Eliason — Untying PropOrNot: Who They Are … and a Look at 2017’s Biggest Fake News Story

In this article, you’ll meet some of the people staffing Propornot. You’ll meet the people and publications that provide their expenses and cover the logistics. You’ll meet a few of the deep state players. We’ll deal with them very soon. They need to see this as the warning shot over the bow and start playing nice with regular people. After that, you’ll meet the NGO’s that are funding and orchestrating all of it. How am I doing so far? In-depth analysis.Washington's BlogUntying PropOrNot:...

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Daniel P. Goldman — H-shares soar as global investors shift to China

Global appetite for large-cap Chinese stocks was dampened by fears of a Chinese financial crisis. Now that China has shown that it can de-lever the financial system and maintain strong growth at the same time, investors are scrambling to add Chinese stocks to portfolios before the MSCI indices expand to include China later this year. With the HSCEI up 17.2% year to date, any global portfolio that did not include China would have underperformed.... Asia TimesH-shares soar as global investors...

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Jack Rothman — The Democratic Socialist Alternative – What Is It?

The following is the first few paragraphs of a paper which was originally presented at the Left Coast Forum and later published by the LA Progressive. While it is not an official DSA publication, we believe it can serve as a useful basis for discussion and reflection, especially with new members. You can read the whole document here.- Editor DSAThe Democratic Socialist Alternative - What Is It? Jack Rothman

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