Mike Norman Economics

RealClearInvestigationsThe Brennan Dossier: All About a Prime Mover of Russiagate Aaron MatéMcKinseyThe Asian Century has arrived Oliver Tonby, senior partner in McKinsey’s Singapore office, interviews Parag Khanna, founder and managing partner of FutureMap and author of the recent book The Future Is Asian, and James Crabtree, associate professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, as well as a senior fellow at the school’s Centre on Asia and...

It was fixed. Were the strikes justified? An inspector from the eight-member team sent to Douma has just come forward with disturbing allegations about the international watchdog, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, which was tasked with obtaining and examining evidence. Involved in collecting samples as well as drafting the OPCW’s interim report, he claims his evidence was suppressed and a new report was written by senior managers with assertions that...

JA Smith, author of Other People's Politics, argues that the death of neoliberalism is already underway, and suggests that the social-democratic turn is the best way forward for the working class and for oppressed people everywhere. [embedded content]

Moon of AlabamaAuthor Of "Keep The Oil" Mission Already Distances Himself From Its Foreseeable Failure Internationalist 360ºCELAG: OAS Presents No Evidence of Electoral Fraud in BoliviaBolivian Army Massacres Peaceful Protesters in Cochabamba Common Dreams Massive Anti-Coup Protests Explode Across Bolivia 'Against the Many Violations to Democracy' Eoin Higgins Caitlin Johnstone — Rogue JournalistBolivia’s New Puppet Regime Wastes No Time Aligning With US Foreign PolicyCaitlin...

One economic system dominates the world. But there’s more than one kind of capitalism. Excerpt from Branko Milanović forthcoming book. EvonomicsCapitalism(s), Alone Branko Milanovic | Visiting Presidential Professor at City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the Stone Center on Socio-economic Inequality, senior scholar at the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), and formerly lead economist in the World Bank's research department and senior associate at Carnegie...

What this means is that YouTube content creators who’ve built their entire livelihoods around the platform are going to need a backup option in the event that they end up being terminated. One such option is Brighteon.com, which you can sign up for here. [free] It also means that YouTube has created for itself yet another legal loophole to continue targeting channels that disseminate politically incorrect content, which YouTube has been trying to silence from its platform for at least the...

Majorities think their personal data is less secure now, that data collection poses more risks than benefits, and believe it is not possible to go through daily life without being tracked. Maybe the prevalent business model on the Internet is about to change? Into what though?Pew Research CenterAmericans and Privacy: Concerned, Confused and Feeling Lack of Control Over Their Personal Information

Debt on an "unsustainable path?" What does that even mean?

Strategic Culture Foundation Bolivia: More Lessons From a Noble Experiment Gone Awry Stephen Karganovic | President of the Srebrenica Historical ProjectSputnik InternationalMorales Calls on UN to Mediate Bolivian Crisis, Brands US as ‘Great Conspirator’ Behind the Coup Strategic Culture FoundationWestern Media Whitewash US-Backed Coup in Bolivia EditorialThe Greanville PostA Gangster for Capitalism: Next Up, Bolivia Kathleen Wallace The Vineyard of the SakerMilitarization of South...

Way more than just Hunter Biden and his dad.Anti-WarThe Ukrainian Influence Peddling Rings – A Microcosm of How Imperial Washington Rolls David Stockman