Numbers.Which countries are to blame for this failure to do anything remotely close to avoiding the environmental disaster. China is usually picked out as the main culprit. It is currently by far the world’s biggest emitter of CO2 and is planning to build 43 new coal power plants on top of the 1,000 plants already in operation. But China has some excuses. It has the largest population in world and so its per capita emissions are much lower than most other major economies (although it’s the...
Read More »Winston Churchill & British imperialism — Tony Norfield
Even patriotic Brits know that their hero Winston Churchill did not win World War 2 or fly a Spitfire. What they, and others, may not know is how his statements often shed a clear light on British imperialism. From Britain’s reliance on colonies, to the political rationale for giving the working class some welfare services, Churchill’s rhetorical flourishes in speeches, newspaper articles, and deliberations with his peers, illuminate things all too often absent from contemporary political...
Read More »Bill Mitchell — In the battle between government and the hedge fund gamblers – the government has all the cards
Given my inflation report yesterday, I have shifted my usual Wednesday light blog post day and music feature to today. The economic debate has moved in recent years from ‘when is the government going broke’ to ‘hyperinflation is approaching’. It amazes me how puerile the economic commentary is as journalists and economists seeking headlines trot out headlines about how bad something (insert: insolvency, inflation, whatever is the latest craze) is going to be and what needs to be done about...
Read More »White House Urges GOP To Make 2022 Budget Offer, Begin Talks
Whaaaaaaaaaaatttttttt?????White House Urges GOP To Make 2022 Budget Offer, Begin Talks - BBG https://t.co/K9qpBMCyXD— LiveSquawk (@LiveSquawk) October 27, 2021 All together now! LFG!
Read More »Bond Curves Flash Warning On Growth!
? LOL right on cue… now it’s “the bond market is forecasting a slowdown!” anthropomorphism from these zombie Art degree morons… you knew it was coming…? So let me get this straight from these people … first it went “inflation!” then it went “hyperinflation!” then it went “stagflation!” now it’s just going “stag!” ? What happened now to the “flation!” ?Bond Curves Flash Warning On Growth As U.S., U.K. Yields Slide - BBGhttps://t.co/sCMbxyVgx7— LiveSquawk (@LiveSquawk) October 27, 2021...
Read More »Easy explanation why the yield curve is flattening.
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Moon of Alabama — Pentagon Generals, News Writers Abuse Chinese Test Flight To Argue For More Weapons
Ka-ching.Moon of AlabamaPentagon Generals, News Writers Abuse Chinese Test Flight To Argue For More Weaponshttps://www.moonofalabama.org/2021/10/pentagon-generals-news-writers-abuse-chinese-test-flight-to-argue-for-more-weapons.html
Read More »The Tribalist Threat to Climate Action — Andrew Sheng and Xiao Geng
The rise of tribalism is threatening to lead the world to a future of great-power conflict and runaway climate change. The only way to mitigate this risk is to negotiate a new social contract that addresses inequality head-on....A virtual impossibility in the current climate. Any viable solution requires a modification of the world system in ways that are not feasible politically. So the problem will be left to the kids and grandkids, and subsequent generations not yet borne.Project...
Read More »OXFAM — 26 billionaires had as much as the world’s bottom 50%
Real-World Economics Review Blog26 billionaires had as much as the world’s bottom 50%https://rwer.wordpress.com/2021/10/27/26-billionaires-had-as-much-as-the-worlds-bottom-50/
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