Mike Norman Economics

I have spent a lot of time debating with conspiracists on twiiter. They make my blood boil: the anti-vaxxers, climate change deniers, big government conspiracists, the covid is a hoax crowd, and many others. Professor Richard Werner believes in Chemtrails. They say I'm a brainwashed corporate neoliberal. None of these people seem to have any real interest in the genuine hoaxes and conspiracies, like Russiagate, Antisemiticism in the Labour Party, the Uyghur genocide myth. I find it shocking...

Zero Hedge "The Social Contract Is Broken": Why Millennials Who Lack Rich Parents Feel Increasingly HopelessSee alsoRTMore than half of French people support generals’ warning that France is 'DISINTEGRATING,' hurtling toward civil war, poll showsSee also Craig Murray BlogHuman Rights Watch Confirms Israel Is an Apartheid StateCraig Murray, formerly British ambassador to Uzbekistan and Rector of the University of DundeeSee alsoSputnik InternationalIsrael Troubled by Rally of Ukrainian...

The economic side of information warfare. The US keeps talking about being competitive while engaging in anti-competitive practices, as both China and Russia have charged.The GrayzoneXinjiang shakedown: US anti-China lobby cashed in on ‘forced labor’ campaign that cost Uyghur workers their jobsMax Blumenthal

Mentions MMT.Los Angeles Review of BooksGood Forms of Collectivity: Low-Carbon Care Work and a Federal Job GuaranteeNatan Last

It's official. "Hoax" no more in Hawaii.Common DreamsWarning of Threat to 'Humanity and the Natural World,' Hawaii State Legislature Becomes First in US to Declare Climate EmergencyAndrea Germanos

 Censorship WatchRTRT editor-in-chief says she will seek Facebook ban if RT’s Redfish page, removed after anti-fascist post, is not restoredSee also at RTFacebook bans RT’s digital content project Redfish after posts marking end of Mussolini’s dictatorship and Holocaust Memorial DaySee alsoSputnik InternationalFacebook Removes Page of RT's Redfish for Posts Commemorating Holocaust, Nazi Defeat

The purpose of this TFF analysis is to examine the status of the Newlines Institute and the circle of scholars and others who have produced and contributed to it and their connections. It also takes a closer look at The Report’s methods and content as well as the sources on which The Report bases its extremely serious conclusion, namely that the Chinese state is responsible for committing genocide and violates the central provisions of the said Convention in its policies in the Xinjiang...

 This guy started off fairly well, but his economics seems to have shifted further to the right over the years. Here we have the usual printing money inflation fear. This video is in striking contrast to the Mark Blyth video I posted earlier, who is someone I trust more.In a video I put out here last year, Mark Blyth had become a convert to MMT.Just for your curiosity. Hyperinflation has been a doomsday scenario for modern economies throughout the last century. In all of these failed...

This Florida man regretted doubting COVID's seriousness after he suffered from the virus. "I really pray that everybody can take politics out of it. I didn't. I was a jackass."[embedded content]Florida Anti-Masker Records His Regret From Hospital Bed

“Currently, fish oil supplements are indicated for patients with elevated plasma triglycerides to reduce cardiovascular risk,”[2] said study author Dr. Salvatore Carbone of Virginia Commonwealth University, US. “Due to the high prevalence of elevated triglycerides in the population, they can be commonly prescribed. Of note, low dose omega-3 fatty acids are available over the counter, without the need for a prescription.”Some clinical trials have suggested that omega-3 fatty acids may be...