Not just the energy markets but also the weapons market. If the US "weaponizes" weapons supply the gap can be filled by Russia, either directly or through joint production arrangements as is already the case with India. And Russian weapons come with no strings attached.Key sentence in the post: Sheikh Mohammed and his Saudi kinsperson, Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud had just handed down a strategic defeat to a superpower in the geopolitics of oil, as the world...
Read More »Bank of England governor’s outrageous, irresponsible comments today.
We need to get rid of these people. They are idiots who do nothing but inject needless volatility. Trade and invest using the concepts of MMT. Get a 30-day free trial to MMT Trader. https://www.pitbulleconomics.com/ Mike Norman Twitter https://twitter.com/mikenorman Mike Norman Economics: https://mikenormaneconomics.blogspot.com/ Understanding the Daily Treasury Statement video course. https://www.pitbulleconomics.com/understanding-daily-treasury-statement-video-course/?s2-ssl=yes
Read More »Think About Minsky for a Moment — Stephanie Kelton
Short summary with some links.The LensThink About Minsky for a MomentStephanie Kelton | Professor of Public Policy and Economics at Stony Brook University, formerly Democrats' chief economist on the staff of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, and an economic adviser to the 2016 presidential campaign of Senator Bernie Sanders
Read More »A perfect storm in US foreign policy — MK. Bhadrakumar
Oil.India PunchlineA perfect storm in US foreign policyMK. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service and former ambassador.
Read More »EZ Fiscal Increases
Germany +200B imminent:Germany plans to push a $93 billion spending plan to ease consumer gas prices.$93 billion. This will be paid for by the 200 billion euro spending package, which represents 5% of GDP. A recession and a pile of debt. What can possibly go wrong?— Gold Telegraph ⚡ (@GoldTelegraph_) October 10, 2022 France +100B imminent:JUST IN: 🇫🇷 France says it will spend €100 billion to protect citizens from inflation.— Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) October 10, 2022 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑...
Read More »"Fed is in the red" hits the mainstream media. What will Congress say?
I told you this a long time ago. Now it's happening and the media is running with it. What will Congress say? Trade and invest using the concepts of MMT. Get a 30-day free trial to MMT Trader. https://www.pitbulleconomics.com/ Mike Norman Twitter https://twitter.com/mikenorman Mike Norman Economics: https://mikenormaneconomics.blogspot.com/ Understanding the Daily Treasury Statement video course....
Read More »Lars P. Syll — Methodological overconfidence
You can't get more mileage out of your model than the assumptions contain. It's called "scope."Overconfidence or sleight of hand? The presumption is that professionals know better. But if they admit the scope, their influence would be limited. This could also be accounted for by professionals acting unprofessionally owing to perceived advantages of doing so. So either way, perverse incentives seem to be in play.Lars P. Syll’s BlogMethodological overconfidenceLars P. Syll | Professor, Malmo...
Read More »Questions Related to International Trade & Currencies — Clint Ballinger
The currency of international trade has been on a lot of peoples’ minds in the last few years. The hierarchy of currencies literature, the related questions of reforming the international monetary and financial system (IMFS), the effects of US monetary policy on the rest of the world (ROW). Add to that the war in Ukraine and Chinese trade-related discussion on the role of the ruble, dollar, yuan, oil and natural gas, wheat etc. These issues can easily lead to rethinking about the bancor or...
Read More »The broken US economy breeds inequality and insecurity. Here’s how to fix it — James K. Galbraith
The question is: what do we do now? We can adjust, and build a fair and secure middle-class society, free of poverty and of oligarchy alike, with tools that are broadly familiar.…The Guardian (UK)The broken US economy breeds inequality and insecurity. Here’s how to fix itJames K. Galbraith | Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations and Professor of Government at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
Read More »Humor from Alexander Lukashenko
Some humor in the info war from Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus.21st Century Wire@21stCenturyWire• Belarus president #Lukashenko's epic troll of Europe, getting fire wood ready for the winter.https://twitter.com/21stCenturyWire/status/1570354229872566273
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