Mike Norman Economics

Got that? When we do it, it's OK. Because freedom and democracy.The DuranFormer CIA head [James Woolsey] says US meddles in election of other countries, but ‘for their own good’ Alex ChristoforouRelatedThe InterceptHow UK Spies Hacked a European Ally and Got Away With ItRyan Gallagher

Mueller has made a good start with the St. Petersburg 13. He needs to clear up the rest or these "loose ends" will remain forever in the realm of urban myth and partisan propaganda. Sic Semper Tyrannis Mueller or DoJ should reach and announce closure on ...Col. W. Patrick Lang, US Army (ret.) At the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lang was the Defense Intelligence Officer (DIO) for the Middle East, South Asia and counter-terrorism, and later, the first Director of the Defense Humint Service....

In accordance with an energy cooperation framework agreement signed in late January, Russia will have exclusive rights to produce oil and gas in Syria. The agreement goes significantly beyond that, stipulating the modalities of the rehabilitation of damaged rigs and infrastructure, energy advisory support, and training a new generation of Syrian oilmen. Still, the main international aspect and the key piece of this move is the final and unconditional consolidation of Russian interests in...

Robert Vienneau approaches thinking about Marx in relation to previous economists from the perspective of the different distinctions that Marx drew. This is entirely consistent with Marx's training in philosophy, since a cardinal principle of philosophical method is overcoming apparent difficulties in expression by drawing distinctions. This involves changing the grain of the model. A grainy model has the advantage of simplicity but risks the disadvantage of being too simplistic an...

‘This would be beyond a trade war. You're talking about blowing up the WTO’ The US Commerce Department finally released its report on investigations into steel and aluminum imports on Friday, recommending wide-ranging tariffs and quotas on products coming into the United States. It will be up to President Trump what he wants to do with the recommendations, though he has publicly indicated he sides with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on the issue of trade restrictions. Cabinet members...

Racism?Asia TimesFBI director slammed over ‘Chinese spies’ claim in the US Doug Tsuruoka | Editor At LargealsoMobile apps and smartphones pose a clear and present dangerPatrick Dunne Feeling paranoid yet? ?

Brian Romanchuk is developing a Python package to build SFC modelsVisit his package web page if interested. sfc-models.netSFC modeling in Python

This understanding is better than for instance when we FAIL to get our way technically and/or  politically we would say "its a neo-liberal conspiracy oligarchy world!!!", etc... First, we need to make a distinction often emphasized by ethicists and philosophers: that between a lie and a falsehood. Thus, someone who deliberately misrepresents what he or she knows to be true is lying – typically, to secure some personal advantage. In contrast, someone who voices a mistaken claim without any...

China's success serves as one of alternative options to those proposed by the West, "Yet China is not interested in the so-called 'competition of systems'", Chinese congresswoman and senior diplomat Fu Ying wrote in a signed article to the special edition of German Times for the Munich Security Conference being held from Friday to Sunday. In the article, Fu Ying, chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress, said that China has no intention to export its...

Publius Tacitus responds to TTG's response (if you are following this debate).Sic Semper TyrannisWho Is Lying? John Brennan or James Comey? Publius Tacitus