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Transcript.Popular Resistance“Dollar Hegemony Ended Last Wednesday”: Michael Hudson Interviewed by Margaret Flowers on Clearing the Foghttps://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2022/03/dollar-hegemony-ended-last-wednesday-michael-hudson-interviewed-by-margaret-flowers-on-clearing-the-fog.html

Last night (March 30, 2022), the Federal Treasurer released the annual ‘fiscal statement’ (aka ‘The Budget’), which revealed to everyone how cynical these exercises have become. The statement is normally released in May but the Federal government has to go to the polls then and they are so far behind the Opposition Labor Party in the opinion polling that they decided to bring forward the fiscal statement as a last ditch attempt to bribe the voters with pennies. I hope it doesn’t work. This...

Scott Ritter@RealScottRitter1/ Big Arrow War—a primer. For all those scratching their heads in confusion, or dusting off their dress uniforms for the Ukrainian victory parade in Kiev, over the news about Russia’s “strategic shift”, you might want to re-familiarize yourself with basic military concepts.2/ Maneuver warfare is a good place to start. Understand Russia started its “special military operation” with a severe manpower deficit—200,000 attackers to some 600,000 defenders (or more)....

The Vineyard of the SakerRussian Special Military Operation (SMO) – Day 33The Sakerhttp://thesaker.is/russian-special-military-operation-smo-day-33/Sitrep: Operation ZNightvision for the Saker Bloghttp://thesaker.is/sitrep-operation-z/Moon of AlabamaUkraine SitRep - Part II Of Russia's Military Operation Unfoldshttps://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/03/ukraine-sit-rep-part-ii-of-russias-military-operation-unfolds.htmlReminiscence of the FutureFew Items. Tuesday.Andrei Martyanov, former USSR...

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[embedded content]Reminiscence of the FutureGeopolitics of War CrimesAndrei Martyanov, former USSR naval officer and expert on Russian military and naval issues

Rohan Grey and Raúl Carrillo are MMT lawyers.WiredThe Future of Digital Cash Is Not on the BlockchainGilad Edelman, senior writer for WIRED, covering the intersection of tech, politics, and law and formerly  executive editor of the Washington Monthlyhttps://www.wired.com/story/digital-cash-ecash-act/

Between interest rates inflation war sanctions the bearish cohort cannot understand why this market keeps going up.

There’s an interesting review of Jagdish Bhagwati’s book Protectionism published in the year 1988 by Wynne Godley in the journal Economica, year 1993. Without going into the review, I wanted to highlight how Wynne Godley’s views were quite similar to Nicholas Kaldor’s and Godley proposals such as planned trade and international cooperation of a new kind:The Case for Concerted ActionSome Wynne Godley Quotes On Planned TradeV. Ramanan

Mariupol sits on the strategic Sea of Azov at the tip of the Black Sea, and is the 'Mecca' of Europe's steel industry. Its conquest by Russia can pave the way for a Eurasian railroad and connectivity surge....The CradleHow Mariupol will become a key hub of Eurasia integrationPepe Escobar