Mike Norman Economics

The United States is No. 1 at hacking, mainly because we're always pushing the limits of what can be done. The proof? U.S. hackers seldom get caught For a significant part of my career I taught hacking (at Foundstone and other computer security education companies) around the world. I can tell you how well people from different countries hacked, how good they were overall, and what they excelled at. Bear with me while I indulge in geographic stereotyping. Armies of hackers I can't...

The idea that the euro has "failed" is dangerously naive. The euro is doing exactly what its progenitor – and the wealthy 1%-ers who adopted it – predicted and planned for it to do. That progenitor is former University of Chicago economist Robert Mundell. The architect of "supply-side economics" is now a professor at Columbia University, but I knew him through his connection to my Chicago professor, Milton Friedman, back before Mundell's research on currencies and exchange rates had produced...

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, attacks against the Syrian army have been carried out from the 50-kilometer zone around al-Tanf on the Syrian-Jordanian border TASSUS al-Tanf base used by IS groups for attacks against Syria — Defense Ministryee alsoalsoSputnik InternationalPentagon Calls Russian MoD Remarks on US Coalition's Aims in Syria 'Ridiculous'

In depth reporting on Bana that doesn't appear in Western MSM.Who is telling the truth? You decide.SouthFrontAleppo’s Propaganda Princess Releases Book About Syrian War

The dragon wakes up and spreads it wings. Testing fire breath to follow shortly. Eagle wary.BloombergU.S. Intelligence Sees China's Military Expanding Bases GloballyNafeesa Syeed

Deflation in Russia in September 2017, according to the Federal Statistic Service, was at the level of 0.1% TASSBank of Russia says deflation in September is "atypical"

Assange told his 439,000 Twitter followers on Friday that he is looking for a “decentralized/cryptographic alternative” to the social media giant.… Twitter’s freedom of expression has been on an inexorable decline. It’s enslaved to its US jurisdiction and politics. Although it is substantially better than Facebook that is a very low standard indeed,” Assange said online. The inevitable result of politicization is loss of credibility and creation of alternatives.Not to mention that Twitter...

Breaking into the big time!The New York Times | OpinionHow We Think About the Deficit Is Mostly WrongStephanie Kelton | former chief economist for the Senate Budget Committee Democratic staff and professor of public policy and economics at Stony Brook University

Annual inflation in Russia has decreased down to 3 percent amid its continued decline, the country’s Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin said Thursday. “In this year, the Russian economy has entered a new phase of growth. Now GDP growth rates exceed 2 percent. We expect them to stand at 2.1 percent at year end. The inflation has decreased down to 3 percent,” Oreshkin said delivering a speech at the Russian-Saudi investment forum.... RussiaFeedRussia’s economy on the rise, annual...

About the CORE Curriculum.The WireHow Economics Is Forging Renewed Links With Social Sciences Arjun Jayadev, Rajiv Sethi, Wendy Carlin and Samuel Bowles