Mike Norman Economics

The Postil MagazineOur Latest Interview with Jacques Baud (Longish but excellent. Weekend reading maybe if you don't have time to read it all now. Col. Baud recently published a new book, Operation Z.The Postil Magazine interviews Jacques Baud, a former colonel of the General Staff, ex-member of the Swiss strategic intelligence, and specialist on Eastern countries. He was trained in the American and British intelligence services. He has served as Policy Chief for United Nations Peace...

Rate hikes and inflation are bad for stocks. This has been beaten into investors' brains. The problem is, it isn't true at all. 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/

Reminiscence of the Future If True... (brutal smackdown.)Andrei Martyanov, former USSR naval officer and expert on Russian military and naval issues.Awful AvalancheUkraine War Day #190: Nuclear Plant Attacked (AFU attempt to attack and seize control of the Zaporozhie Nuclear Energy Plant repulsed by Russian forces. Saker elaborates in the link below.)yalensishttps://awfulavalanche.wordpress.com/2022/09/01/ukraine-war-day-190-nuclear-plant-attacked/The Vineyard of the SakerTons of thanks, a...

REVIEW ESSAYDisintegration: Indicators of the Coming American Collapse by Andrei Martyanov, Clarity, 2021, 286 pagesThe focus of this article is on deployment of real resources with respect to national capability.American Affairs JournalHow Russia Views AmericaPhilip PilkingtonThis article originally appeared in American Affairs Volume VI, Number 3 (Fall 2022): 102–12.https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2022/08/how-russia-views-america/Philip Pilkington is an economist (M.A. in Economics from...

A Son of the New American RevolutionEscalating Blowback from Russian Sanctions (civilization hangs on energy)Larry C. Johnson | CEO and co-founder of BERG Associates, LLC, an international business-consulting firm with expertise combating terrorism and investigating money laundering, formerly Deputy Director in the U.S. State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism (1989-1993, and CIA operations (1984-1989)https://sonar21.com/escalating-blowback-from-russian-sanctions/Gilbert Doctorow —...

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Probably related to September 15 corporate tax payment. If not, then even steeper decline ahead. 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/

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Asia TimesUkraine – the situation (August 31, 2022) (inconclusive)Uwe Parparthttps://asiatimes.com/2022/08/ukraine-the-situation-august-31-2022/Reminiscence of the Future (Russian government funding electronics industry)Speak of the Devil.Andrei Martyanov, former USSR naval officer and expert on Russian military and naval issueshttp://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/08/speak-of-devil.htmlMoon of AlabamaUkraine - A Frontline Report - Vanishing Foreign...

 There has been an ongoing push for a switch to nominal GDP targeting by Market Monetarists and some mainstream allies. Although I agree that being able to hit a nominal GDP target would be attractive, it would also be attractive to have a yacht. There are a few fundamental issues with nominal GDP targeting. The first is that the target is going to be harder to hit than an inflation target. The second is that it is unclear how much of an advantage the change would have in practice — as...