If you were to ask me what the greatest intellectual error of the past fifty years has been I wouldn’t hesitate. Shareholder value. It’s an easy response. Yes, it reflects my own curious interest in the fundamentals of business and its intersection with economics, but it is also emblematic of so much more.Derived as it is from the wrong turn in economics and politics in the middle of the last century it carries with it so many of the ill founded ideas that have brought us all to where we...
Read More »Modern Monetary Theory And The Recovery: Introduction — Brian Romanchuk
The pre-order period for the electronic book version of Modern Monetary Theory and the Recovery is now live (link to pre-order description, including table of contents). The ebook release date is March 11. (Paperback formatting is still underway.)This article is the introductory section to the book, which describes its themes....Bond Economics Modern Monetary Theory And The Recovery: IntroductionBrian Romanchuk
Read More »Richard Medhurst – UK’s disinformation war on Russia
Russia was supposed to have messed with the United States democracy, but no evidence was ever found, despite this, the Western media was outraged, but now that real evidence has emerged of an extensive UK disinformation war against Russia, involving hundreds of journalists, the Western media is completely silent. Leaked documents expose how the United Kingdoms Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) contracted major news outlets like the BBC and Reuters, among other fronts for British...
Read More »RH, Corcaigh – Uyghurs and China: The Facts
It's probably best article I've read on this, in that it's so concise and to the point, plus it has lots of references to back to back up the points raised. The USA are liars with a profit motive and we’ve seen how good they are. Don’t fall for it.Authorities assert that they are what one would call deradicalisation centres. Those who are detained in these centres are mostly current (or former) members of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, a jihad organisation most active in Xinjiang....
Read More »Yellen, Powell, have no idea what they are doing.
Astonishing that the same people who have no clue as to what they are doing are constantly appointed and rotated in top policy positions. Trade and invest using the concepts of MMT. Get a 30-day free trial to MMT Trader. https://www.pitbulleconomics.com/ Download my podcasts! New one every week. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1105286 Mike Norman Twitter https://twitter.com/mikenorman
Read More »IRS Initiates ‘Operation Hidden Treasure’ to Root Out Unreported Crypto Income — David Kuhn
As Yves Smith said, "prosecution futures."Yahoo FinanceIRS Initiates ‘Operation Hidden Treasure’ to Root Out Unreported Crypto IncomeDavid KuhnSee alsoZero HedgeBitcoin Could Soon Run Head First Into U.S. Money Laundering LawsTyler Durden
Read More »SouthFront — You Once Again Can Support SouthFront Via PayPal
Lockout over, for now.SouthFrontYou Once Again Can Support SouthFront Via PayPal
Read More »Against the Kennan Sweepstakes — Tanner Greer
Wishful thinking and grand delusion masquerading as grand strategy.The Scholar's StageAgainst the Kennan SweepstakesTanner Greer
Read More »Del in hand gliding crash
Uncle Albert has brought a solarium because he thinks it will cure his hangovers. Rodney gives it a try, but Del Boy turns the timer up for a laugh, except that Rodney falls asleep and gets a sunburn. In bed at night Rodney is nursing his wounds, when his whife tells him about her friend who owns a hand gliding club, and this gives Rodney an idea about how he can get revenge on Del Boy. He asked his wife if her friend could give Del Boy a 46 birthday surprise hand gliding session, and she...
Read More »Howard Nicholson – International Trade Deals and the WTO
How the strong countries set up trade deals to enrich their corporations at the expense of weaker ones. Third world countries are often forced, or tricked, into accepting privatisation, while the West quietly subsidises its own industries which will compete with them. Europeans too are forced to privatise and made to accept dangerous, low quality food because these trade deals have lower regulations. Howard Nicholas is a renowned development economist and associate professor of economics at...
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