Mike Norman Economics

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:...

For what it's worth. Russia FeedMoody’s upgrades outlook on Russia’s sovereign rating to positive from stable TASS

China is set to name Liu He, a Harvard-trained economist who advises President Xi Jinping, as a vice premier overseeing the economy and financial sector, five sources familiar with the development said. Reuters Exclusive: China to name Harvard-trained Liu He as vice premier overseeing economy - sourcesKevin Yao, Benjamin Kang Lim

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...

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

Poland drops the hammer on Ukrainian neo-Nazism.For RussPoles send Ukraine a message: Prison term for calling Bandera, Shukevich, OUN-UPA heroes, or for denying the Volyn Massacre Novorosinform, translated by Tom Winter

Left focusing on what they think is some sort of awkward exchange between the Siemens guy and Trump over the Siemens guy's job title (I don't get it...the left is completely incompetent... unqualified... out to lunch.. I digress...) but importantly the Siemens guy points out that with the passage of the Trump tax reform, they have now decided to expand a new multi-$billion gas turbine program in Charlotte, NC.The systemic effects of the Trump tax reform that moved the corporate rate towards...

Wow this is awfully nice of them. How convenient for settlements...Brisbane Airport to Launch In-Terminal Cryptocurrency Payments https://t.co/BvzF8s7bj5 pic.twitter.com/iCrCUc8Af8— CoinDesk (@coindesk) January 26, 2018

The move to hold new presidential elections in Venezuela will completely undermine the country’s democratic constitutional order and the results will not be accepted as legitimate, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Thursday. Realizing that Maduro is the favorite, US rejects election outcome before the fact.ReutersU.S. rejects new Venezuela election plan: official See also Venezuela's previous elections have been fair. The Guardian (3 OCTD 2012)Why the US demonises...

The Oracle Master Persuader speaks. After Stephen Mnuchin failed to arrest the dollar's freefall this morning, it appears to have been left to President Trump to 'fix' it. In a brief clip from a longer CNBC interview, Trump explained "ultimately he wants to see a strong dollar" and the dollar spiked... As Scott Adams says, facts are meaningless; persuasion is everything. Trump gets that in spades. Zero HedgeDollar Surges After Trump Says "Mnuchin Was Misinterpreted, Dollar Will Get...