The Vineyard of the SakerWhat to Expect from Taliban 2.0Pepe EscobarGraham E. FullerTime to smash the urge of imperial strategic groupthinkGraham 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 RANDReminiscence of the FutureZakharova HAS To Express Indignation.Andrei Martyanov, expert on Russian military and naval issues. Martyanov was born in Baku, USSR in...
Read More »A Fed bank publishes the most idiotic critique of MMT ever!
This should be an embarrassment for the Richond Fed. Loaded with strawman arguments, misrepresentations, false claims and deeply flawed dogma. Worst hit piece ever. https://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/economic_brief/2021/eb_21-12 https://mikenormaneconomics.blogspot.com/2021/09/absolutely-idiotic-hit-piece-on-mmt-by.html
Read More »Absolutely idiotic hit piece on MMT by 3 clowns at the Richmond Fed.
This is one of the worst hit pieces I have ever run across. Loaded with ridiculous strawman arguments, making claims MMT never made. A display of sheer ignorance and dogma. The authors clearly never read any of the MMT academic papers or literature. This should be a total embarrassment for the Richmond Fed or an indictment of how wedded they are to a deeply ignorant and inapplicable dogma.Starts off with this ridiculous statementDuring the past 25 years, low interest rates and highly...
Read More »Links — 8 Sep 2021
India PunchlineTaliban get a government! (thanks to the ISI)M. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign ServiceMintPressNewsHow the US Trained the Afghan Mujahideen To Produce War PropagandaDan CohenDances with BearsTHE TWO SATANS OF AFGHANISTAN – AND JIMMY CARTER’S LIPS ARE SEALEDHOW THE NAVALNY NOVICHOK OPERATION WAS PREPARED — NEW EVIDENCE FROM GERMANYFIGHTING THINK TANKS & TROLL FARMS IN THE WAR FOR TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT RUSSIA – HELLEVIG MEMORIAL LECTUREJohn...
Read More »Stocks not reflecting slowdown in economy. But they will.
Stocks follow economic conditions. GDP growth has slowed. Expect a correction.
Read More »Will $600 bln per month be enough to keep the party going?
Fiscal flows peaked in March at $984 bln for the month. They've been trending lower. This month, gov't spending could fall below $600 bln. Will it be enough to keep the economy growing and stocks moving higher?
Read More »Lorna Slater: “We’re annoying all the right people” — Chris Marshall
Scottish independence, environmentalism, and MMT.HolyRoodLorna Slater: "We're annoying all the right people" - Holyrood MagazineChris Marshall
Read More »Bill Mitchell — US labour market recovery stalling
Happy Labor Day (in the US)Bill Mitchell – billy blogUS labour market recovery stallingBill Mitchell | Professor in Economics and Director of the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE), at University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Read More »GM shutting down most of plants in North America
Yeah Fed better “take away the punch bowl!” this party continues to get out of bounds… GM is shutting down MOST of its plants in North America because they are entirely reliant on foreign computer chips they can no longer purchase. DISASTER! pic.twitter.com/sOwqWZy9p3— Tim Xeriland (@Xeriland) September 5, 2021
Read More »Streets of Philadelphia, Kensington Avenue, What happened today, Aug, 2021.
[embedded content]Streets of Philadelphia, Kensington Avenue, What happened today, Aug, 2021.
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