Mike Norman Economics

You just can't kill this thing; it keeps coming back. Almost zombie-like behavior here...Learn more about the surprising self-healing qualities that have just been discovered in gold: https://t.co/u6YkqxKfQk pic.twitter.com/apO3Di7fBN— World Gold Council (@GOLDCOUNCIL) September 29, 2017

As DefenseOne explains, the idea of a networked military borrows from the “network centric warfare” concept that first emerged more than a decade ago. However, the concept that military leaders proposed in their latest review is less a strategy for increasing efficiency than a plan to connect all military equipment on a single network. The result would be better coordinated, faster, and more lethal operations in air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace. Of course, the way to defeat the US...

Here is the original and full transcript of my recent interview with Sputnik (by email): If you are interested, you can find what Sputnik actually posted here: https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201709281057790173-us-syria-daesh-alnusra/ Due to the decision by the Sputnik editors to remove parts of my replies which I consider to be essential, I have taken the painful decision not to grant any further interviews to Sputnik. The Vineyard of the Saker Sputnik interviews the Saker The Saker

The “Field of Dreams” slogan for America’s NGOs should be: “If you pay for it, we will come.” And right now, tens of millions of dollars are flowing to non-governmental organizations if they will buttress the thesis of Russian “meddling” in the U.S. democratic process no matter how sloppy the “research” or how absurd the “findings.” And, if you think the pillars of the U.S. mainstream media – The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN and others – will apply some quality controls, you...

Short summary of Mike Perry's new book, which itself is a wide-ranging summary of liberal social, political and economic history, a treatment of neoliberalism, and recommendations for getting out of the box that the ruling elite has constructed to contain alternatives to the power structure.Progress in Political EconomyMorality and Power: On Ethics, Economics and Public PolicyMike Berry

More on Adam Smith that contradicts the mainstream view of him, from his own pen.Occasional Links & CommentaryFrom highway to masterDavid F. Ruccio | Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame

That is the new, excellent, and detailed book by Eric Schliesser, a political scientist at Amsterdam. I would say that Schliesser is a very learned “left Smithian,” and that you should take the subtitle very very seriously. Should be aware of. Schliesser contradicts the neoclassical and Samuelson views of Smith. Marginal Revolution *Adam Smith: Systematic Philosopher and Public Thinker * Tyler Cowen | Holbert C. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University and serves as...

Important story about "Uncle Ho," especially now that Ken Burns has put Vietnam back on the table. He should have been the hero of the piece.Sic Semper TyrannisHo Chi MinhRichard Sale

The shot that ricocheted back. Europe hurt more than Russia.This is a fairly long post that looks at the Russian economy in some depth.Incidentally, if the US launches a trade war with China, as Bannon and the Trumpistas want, the same result is likely. China will turn its export-led industry toward domestic consumption, which it needs to do anyway. As China's growth takes off internally that will greatly accelerate China's perceived threat as China's domestic economy catches up the...

This official story was explosive for obvious reasons, and predictably triggered instant decrees – that of course went viral – declaring that the legitimacy of the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election is now in doubt....They were one small step away from demanding that the election results be nullified, indulging the sentiment expressed by #Resistance icon Carl Reiner the other day: “Is there anything more exciting that the possibility of Trump’s election being invalidated &...