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Beijing’s most senior envoys, Yang Jiechi and Wang Yi, may be sent for face-to-face discussions with their American counterparts in AnchorageTalks could be a chance to find common ground and begin to leave the Trump era behind, analyst says Washington confirms direct engagement between US and Chinese diplomats

Russia has signed a deal to produce its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Italy, the first contract in the European Union, the Italian Russian Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday.AP NewsRussia to make Sputnik V vaccine in Italy, a first in EU

Its Wednesday and only a short blog post day – well a collection of items I accumulate during the week. Week 2 of our MOOC – Modern Monetary Theory: Economics for the 21st Century – begins today and you can find enrolment details below. We also have some culture today – a beautiful poem which inspires optimism and some music that inspires past memories....Bill Mitchell – billy blogWeek 2 of the MOOC Modern Monetary Theory: Economics for the 21st Century starts todayBill Mitchell | Professor...

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Short but detailed analysis.Reuters China at least 30 years away from becoming manufacturing ‘great power’: former minister 

 The US also blocked the import of spare parts that Venezuela needed to maintain their oil rigs.Moon Of Alabama looks at what caused Venezuela's woes. Also, how the MSM feeds the narrative about corruption.Isn't there something missing in the above? Was the 'decay of the country’s oil infrastructure' really caused by Maduro? Or did the U.S. have something to do with that?Six paragraphs further down we learn what really is causing Venezuela's problems:[O]ne of the officials who briefed...

Profit (intellectual property rights) over people.Corporate Europe Observatory - ExposingThe EU is playing a dirty game in WTO vaccines-talksHans Van Schaaren

Dani Rodrik is an economist so his view is a bit biased in that direction, but he makes good points overall. For a more complete picture, critiques from other disciplines would be needed, along with critques from within the economics profession. Oh wait, heterodox economists have written on this profusely. And Rodrik only refers to non-economist critiques from other professions obliquely.The issue is mooted by low likelihood that economists will modify their bias anytime soon. This has...

 It looks like Europe is quite keen on the Peace Cable.An undersea cable will emerge later this year near a popular sunbathing spot in the French port of Marseille. The cable, known as Peace, will travel over land from China to Pakistan, where it heads underwater and snakes along for about 7,500 miles of ocean floor via the Horn of Africa before terminating in France.The Peace cable, which is being built by Chinese companies, will be able to transport enough data in one second for 90,000...

 Adam Smith's invisible hand is the opposite of what the right believes.[embedded content]