Mike Norman Economics

 "An energy-harvesting circuit based on graphene could be incorporated into a chip to provide clean, limitless, low-voltage power for small devices or sensors," said Paul Thibado, professor of physics and lead researcher in the discovery.[embedded content]Physicists build circuit that generates clean, limitless power from graphene

SCMP (much more than funding, also supplying technical equipment)US has been exposed for funding last year’s Hong Kong protestsThe Vineyard of the Saker (detailed backgrounder)What’s at stake in the Armenia-Azerbaijan chessboard The Saker Moon of AlabamaIs The War Over Nagorno-Karabakh Already At A Stalemate? RT (Levada is an independent polling company registered as a foreign agent in Russia)Only 11% of Russians fully believe opposition figure Navalny was poisoned, just 8% blame...

 China-U.S. trade deficit is the result of the U.S.' accounting model, not China's trading practices. China's growing confidence and its rapid development led the U.S. to make it the enemy to justify its large military spending, says Paul Craig Roberts, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy under Ronald Reagan.[embedded content]

Market selloff on news of Trump having Covid-19. New fiscal year already up to a strong start.

 From the start, the alleged Navalny poisoning was riddled with contradictions and should have raised eyebrows by every politician and journalist.  Being discharged from the Charité Clinic in Berlin, Navalny went into attack mode against President Vladimir Putin. As it seems, this will be his role designed to him by the intelligence agencies. In a couple of days, the Navalny hype will be over. One can only blame Putin for the alleged poising once. If Navalny had the guts, he would return to...

An excellent podcast, which was on YouTube until they removed it. The first half is very good which looks into why people hold conspiracy theories about Covid-19, but it's the radical second half by Nafeez Ahmed which is the most interesting where he talks about the doctors who are involved with right-wing groups that advised the government to take it's present disastrous course. They were more concerned about the economy than people's lives, says Nafeez Ahmed, and put out the idea that...

The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified socioeconomic disparities between and within countries around the world, offering a disturbing preview of what awaits us on a warming planet. To get ahead of both current and looming crises, the world must commit to a recovery agenda that is not only green, but also blue, purple, and red.… In a world facing war, disease, famine, and natural disasters–exacerbated by climate change, a comprehensive new deal that addresses the needs of people and the...

Author Sarah Chayes, known for her analysis of corruption, has spent decades studying the ways of corrupt networks in countries around the world. In 2016, she caught a radio program about the Supreme Court overturning a conviction of Virginia’s former governor Bob McDonnell, found guilty of corruption by lower courts. The sort of thing Chayes had long observed in places like Afghanistan and Nigeria was now showing up in the United States. Her latest book, On Corruption in America And What...

[embedded content]Here's Trump -- who just announced he and Melania are under quarantine for possible COVID infection -- mocking Joe Biden at Tuesday's debate for wearing a mask 

 The scale of mass movement in such a short period of time is unthinkable in many parts of the world, where governments are still struggling to control soaring infections. In the United States, the number of coronavirus cases topped 7 million over the weekend. Much of Europe is now in the grip of a second wave of infections; even countries largely spared by the first wave, such as Greece and Croatia, have seen cases surging as tourists took summer vacations following the reopening of...