CHINA has been suggested to have the advantage over the US in a potential conflict over the Asia-Pacific, according to a maritime professor.Professor Lyle Goldstein says that China may even strike first. Lyle Goldstein, research professor at the Naval War College's China Maritime Studies Institute, said the US would likely lose a first fight with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Washington and Beijing have repeatedly raised tensions with naval drills in disputed Asian waters over the past...
Read More »What is Yield Curve Control?
Lots of talk recently about the Fed needing to do Yield Curve Control. So, what is it? 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 »How Law Made Neoliberalism — Jedediah Britton-Purdy, Amy Kapczynski, David Singh Grewal
If we are to emerge from this era of crisis, we need legal thinking that operates on fundamentally different presumptions.Longish but important. Neoliberalism as the basis of a socio-economic systems is grounded in law rather than economics and in a democracy, the law can be changed to suit conditions. The authors argue that it's high time to make changes in legal thinking to recognize and deal with power before the adverse consequences overwhelm society and unravel the social fabric even...
Read More »TGA: No progress
Treasury Dept making no significant progress towards their goal of reducing this account balance to $800B by end March....This week:Last week:Same balance. Usually... when you want an account balance to reduce you have to withdraw MORE than you deposit... usually... except for morons... in the mean time, there remains almost $1.4T of short term US Treasury security account balances in USD system that nobody wants or needs...
Read More »Hyperinflation Pushes Venezuela to Print 1,000,000-Bolivar Bills
Commie paradise turd world nirvana no real productive output... "Venezuela said it will introduce new large-denomination bolivar notes as hyperinflation renders most bills worthless, forcing citizens to turn to the U.S. dollar for everyday transactions."https://t.co/EPVZAfikMn— Justin "Rabbit Hole J. Cole" Coleman (@DemopJ) March 6, 2021
Read More »RT — India threatens to jail Facebook, WhatsApp & Twitter staff over refusal to wipe data that ‘undermines national security’ – reports
Indian authorities have reportedly given an ultimatum to US social media platforms, threatening jail time for their local employees if the companies continue to ignore official takedown requests against “damaging” information.Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter have each received written notices warning their employees could face arrest should the requests be ignored, in some cases citing specific India-based staff by name, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing “people familiar” with...
Read More »Don’t be slick.
Being "slick," i.e. going around speaking in clichés when it comes to market movements does not make you smart or savvy. 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 »The shape of things to come in China — Pepe Escobar
It’s Lianghui (“Two Sessions”) time – the annual ritual of the Beijing leadership. The stars of the show are the top political advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; and the traditional delivery of a work report by the Prime Minister to the top legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC).The review of the draft outline of China’s 14th Five-Year Plan will proceed all the way to March 15. But in the current juncture, this is not only about 2025 (remember...
Read More »C K Voltair – Yellow Peril, Sinophobia and Red Scare – USA is on a Dangerous Path
Anyone who's remotely pro-China on social media is vilified as a Chinese bot or a "Wumao" - a person who supposedly works for 50 cents/hour to spread Chinese propaganda. Let's take a look at some illogical American talking points used in the smear campaign against China:"China is going to collapse soon!"If Americans really believed this, they would sit back, smile and ignore China."China is going to take over the world!"This paranoid warning usually follows the delusional, "China will...
Read More »“Blue wave!” wipeout
Entire “blue wave!” rally in “Big Tech!” (QQQ) completely destroyed as of yesterday... ZERO gains in 6 or 7 months.... and morons are STILL going all around saying “bubble!” and “inflation!”... same place ... IT.... ALREADY.... WAS...... on Labor Day.... hard to understand these people...
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