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The Chinese view. Global Times | EditorialTrump’s UN address reduces hope of peace on Korean Peninsula

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Backgrounder.Graham E. FullerThe Future of the KurdsGraham E. Fuller | adjunct professor of history at Simon Fraser University, formerly vice chairman of the National Intelligence Council at the CIA, and a former senior political scientist at RAND

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Ousted White House advisor to Trump Steve Bannon was invited recently to the Chinese leadership compound, Zhongnanhai, to meet with the country’s second-most powerful official, the Financial Times reports, citing sources familiar with the matter. Wang Qishan has President Xi's ear. Does Steve Bannon still have Trump's ear, or has General Kelly shut him off? Asia Times Steve Bannon held secret meeting with Wang Qishan: report Asia Unhedged Wang Qishan heads the anti-corruption drive in...

During a meeting of the Central Commission for Integrated Military and Civilian Development (CCIMCD) on Friday, Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed the importance “defense, science and industry” will play in the integration of the private sector and China’s military, according to an official release from Xinhua.…“Defense science, technology and industry are key areas for integrated military and civilian development, and play a vital role in boosting the country’s innovation-driven...

I’m talking about the 1962 Milton Friedman/Anna Schwarz article ‘Money and Business Cycles’ (the Minsky comments can be found in the same document). According to Friedman and Schwarz, the government and only the government indirectly creates money mainly via central bank interest and QE like bank-liquidity policies. Period. Which makes the government, and only the government, responsible for these deep depressions. Period.… The 64 trillion-dollar question is of course: why do Friedman and...

Marx on capitalism and the profit rate. Michael Roberts BlogCapital.150 part one: measuring the past to gauge the futureMichael Roberts

Important.  Is global society and the global economy at a turning point and if so, what happens next? It's chiefly about the developing world, but similar challenges face the developed world.  Technological innovation results in emergence and emergence present fresh challenges along with new opportunities. How those involved in rapid change will react is uncertain. Will they be able to adapt, and, if so, how? While coordination increase the return from coordination, or will competition...

‘America needs its unions more than ever.’ And ‘Labour reform could help restore the bargaining power of US workers.’ Can you believe that these are titles from articles in the Financial Times?  Mario Draghi, the president of the ECB, recently boasted that since 2015 the euro-zone gained more than 5 million jobs. New cheap jobs yes, and productivity remains historically low. Today’s lacking investment means that technology does not substitute for labour – the normal trajectory in...