Mike Norman Economics

Ex British policeman cycles across Xinjiang and finds no evidence of Uighur oppression at all. He was never restricted from going anywhere he wanted. Uighurs seem happy, he says.As home to 47 ethnic minority groups, Xinjiang is a colorful land boasting diverse cultures and landscapes. It was once plagued by terrorist attacks, killing innocent people. But what is it like now? What's the life of local people like? British-Australian Jerry Grey, who has traveled to Xinjiang five times and...

I anticipated the flows would slow, but that is not happening. Therefore, the market is going higher. In my podcast I talk about Biden, Bernie and their lost opportunity. Trade and invest using the concepts of MMT. Get a 30-day free trial to MMT Trader. https://www.pitbulleconomics.com/mmt-trader/?s2-ssl=yes/ Download my podcasts! New one every week. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1105286

When I was five I was allowed to go out and play with my mates on the bombsites in London (1964). We would be out for hours playing. One day we met a gang of boys and one was carrying an unexploded bomb. They said they were taking it to the police station. We looked at it in deadly silence and kept our distance.  2) The police must have ducked and dived under their desks when those boys came in with that bomb.  Imagine when they put it on the counter?  "look what we found?" Good boys, hey!?...

Western fashion has led the world and people from different ethnic backgrounds have sometimes even had plastic surgery to get that Western look, but I've always wondered how much of it was actually driven by the attraction to the wealth, power, and status which can make people look important and cool.Chinese people were once having plastic surgery to get more European looking eyes, but could the trend ever reverse?The bassball cap became fashionable in Europe, even though we did not play...

More anti-Russian fake news in the Western media. Putin's daughter has tried the new vaccine, and Duterte says he will try it to show Indonesians it's safe.After President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia's Covid-19 vaccine candidate had gained an approval from its regulator, 'western' media went into a anti-Russian frenzy to sow fear and doubt about it. MoA  MoA - 'Western' Media Falsely Claim That Russia's Covid-19 Vaccine Is Ready To Go

A superb discussion about the US foreign policy in Latin America. The US claims to support human rights and democracy but its actions are the complete opposite. Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Ben Norton of The Grayzone about his latest report "Document exposes new US plot to overthrow Nicaragua’s elected socialist gov’t". The leaked document from the US embassy in Managua reveals how Washington seeks to bring a free market to Nicaragua as well as purge Sandinistas from public...

Gold, silver, bonds...all suggesting market correction has begun. Trade and invest using the concepts of MMT. Get a 30-day free trial to MMT Trader. https://www.pitbulleconomics.com/mmt-trader/?s2-ssl=yes/ Download my podcasts! New one every week. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1105286

Podcast: Tim Andersen and John Wright hold my views on Covid-19. They talk about the neoliberals, the conservatives, and the populist liberals who believe their individual rights are being taken away during this pandemic. John Wright Interviews Professor Tim Anderson on Covid-19 Tim-Anderson Markus Balázs Göransson says the Swedish middle class, the young, and the fit have abandoned the poor, the vulnerable, and the old.  Responsibility of the Swedish left for Sweden’s COVID-19...

A dispute between the US and Germany over Russian gas is likely to come to a head this week as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo embarks on a European tour. The US believes a new pipeline makes Germany too dependent on Russia. There is already one pipeline running under the Baltic Sea. Now a new one, Nord Stream 2, is nearing completion. It's expected to pump some 55 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia to Germany every year. The project has been a major bone of contention between Berlin...