Mike Norman Economics

[embedded content]Q and A session off the cuff.Andrei Martyanov, former USSR naval officer and expert on Russian military and naval issues. Martyanov was born in Baku, USSR in 1963. He graduated from the Kirov Naval Red Banner Academy and served as an officer on the ships and staff position of Soviet Coast Guard through 1990. He took part in the events in the Caucasus which led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. In mid-1990s he moved to the United States where he currently works as...

This brings up the issue of worldview and interpretation of perception as information ("reality," "the facts"). Everyone's experience is shaped by subjective factors. One such factor is one's worldview, which is based on cultural and individual factors and circumstances.Thus, it is possible to speak of particular national points of view, religious points of view, political points of view, class-based points of view, etc., and how these different categories intersect in particular individuals...

Gilbert Doctorow — International relations, Russian affairsRussian media today, 25 April 2022Gilbert Doctorowhttps://gilbertdoctorow.com/2022/04/25/russian-media-today-25-april-2022/ Consortium NewsUS Makes It Clear Its Aim Is to ‘Weaken’ RussiaJoe Lauriahttps://consortiumnews.com/2022/04/25/us-makes-it-clear-its-aim-is-to-weaken-russia/Sputnik International (Russian state-sponsored media)Biden Admin. Rolls Out ‘Whole-of-Government’ Drone Plan, Admits There’s No Actual ‘Specific...

If stocks crater, it won't be because of rates, it will be from record taxes being collected by the government. The deficit is already down $1T compared to last year.

The Vineyard of the SakerThe Moskva Riddle (If you could not access this post at SCF, try this link.)Pepe Escobarhttp://thesaker.is/the-moskva-riddle/Reminiscence of the FutureIt Is Becoming A Sports Of Sort (Larry Johnson). (The Larry Johnson post was linked to here at MNE yesterday. Most Western military analysts stating their views publicly still seem to be deceived by the initial Russian feint toward Kiev that masked the real objective, Mariupol, which has fallen. Probably the ones that...

The Vineyard of the SakerSitrep: Operation ZNightvisionhttp://thesaker.is/sitrep-operation-z-14/Strategic Culture Foundation (sanctioned by the US Treasury Department)The Moskva RiddlePepe Escobarhttps://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/04/23/the-moskva-riddle/A Son of the New American RevolutionRussia’s Army is a Paper Tiger?Larry C. Johnson | CEO and co-founder of BERG Associates, LLC, an international business-consulting firm with expertise combating terrorism and investigating money...

Reflecting the wide interest of your Pekingnologist and the dire need to bring more quality China content to the English-language part of the world, this is a newsletter that covers a lot of subjects. Today, it is a translation of an article about MMT, or Modern Monetary Theory.It was published in the beginning of 2022 on 中国金融 China Finance, a bi-weekly magazine under the People’s Bank of China, China’s central bank. The author is 陆磊 LU Lei, Deputy Administrator of the State Administration...

Soap opera for bazillionaires may finally be over….Moving on …— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 24, 2022

[embedded content]Nuclear False Flag? Douglas Feith as a symptomGeneral Tommy Franks and Geopolitical RealityAndrei Martyanov, former USSR naval officer and expert on Russian military and naval issues. Martyanov was born in Baku, USSR in 1963. He graduated from the Kirov Naval Red Banner Academy and served as an officer on the ships and staff position of Soviet Coast Guard through 1990. He took part in the events in the Caucasus which led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. In mid-1990s he...

India PunchlineUS narrative won’t survive defeat in Donbass (The US info warriors will try to get ahead on this, like accuse Russia of resorting to WMD because it was losing, the seeds of which have already been planted for some time.)M. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service and former ambassadorhttps://www.indianpunchline.com/us-narrative-wont-survive-defeat-in-donbass/The Vineyard of the SakerWhere the West is stuck: The fascism of the 1930s and the ‘fascism’ of...