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Moon of Alabama — Help Wanted – State Department Seeks Self-Consistent Secretary

Trump in often inconsistent in what he says. That is his privilege. But it does not mean that the Secretary of State has to contradict himself each and every day. It is Tillerson's task to project a steady foreign policy. If there is none - for whatever reason - he must keep his comments vague. Contradictions like the above make him a joke. 'Rexxon' has experience in doing international businesses. He knows that consistency is one of the most important factors in getting things done. No...

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Paul Robinson — Which is worse? The book or the reviews?

I have yet to read Masha Gessen’s new book, The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia. To be honest, I’m not sure that I will. The use of the word ‘totalitarianism’ in the title is so extreme that it rather discredits the product before one even looks at it. But, whatever the book’s merits or demerits, it surely can’t be worse than a couple of reviews of it I’ve read in the last few days....  Masha Gessen is a Russian Russophobe like many Russian "liberals," as well as a...

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Asia Unhedged — Trump: China ‘helping’ with N. Korea, has ‘exceptional relationship’ with Xi

President Donald Trump praised China for “helping” the US in the North Korean crisis in a Sunday TV interview with Fox News network and noted that he has an “exceptional relationship” with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump also said on Fox’s “Sunday Morning Futures” that China has the “power to do something very significant” in the continuing face off with Pyongyang.... Asia Times Trump: China ‘helping’ with N. Korea, has ‘exceptional relationship’ with Xi Asia Unhedged...

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David Kravets — Proposed law would regulate online ads to hinder Russian election influenc

Honest Ads Act requires Google, Twitter, Facebook to open ads to public review. Ars TechnicaProposed law would regulate online ads to hinder Russian election influence David Kravets, senior editor for Ars Technica and founder of TYDN fake news site TheYellowDailyNews (TYDN) is satirical parody. Any rational relationship to reality is coincidental. Its publisher is David Kravets, the senior editor at Ars Technica.

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Simon Wren-Lewis — Dani Rodrik talks straight on trade

Short review of Dani Rodrik's latest book, Straight Talk on Trade: Ideas for a Sane World Economy. In that sense the title of the book is rather misleading. Although it is discussed a lot, this is hardly just a book about trade. Indeed the subtitle “Ideas for a sane world economy” conveys a better picture of what it is about. The book is based on a collection of articles written for Project Syndicate and elsewhere, and occasionally the joins show. But that feeling quickly gets lost in a...

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Adair Turner — China vs. the Washington Consensus

Neoliberalism versus market socialism with Chinese characteristics. Which wins? Since Deng introduced market socialism, China has been kicking butt in terms of growth rate, defying neoliberal predictions, while neoliberal economies have been mired since the 2008 crisis. What's up with that? Adair Turner explains. What is overlooks, however, is the history of the US, which adopted the American System over the British system as a result of Alexander Hamilton's influence and followed...

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