Mike Norman Economics

Today, we at Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth are pleased to partner with the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) in releasing the draft report of a four-year computer modeling study of WTC 7’s collapse conducted by researchers in the university’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The UAF WTC 7 report concludes that the collapse of WTC 7 on 9/11 was caused not by fire but rather by the near-simultaneous failure of every column in the building.  Download the...

At least one mainstream economist is engaging with MMT. Eric Tymoigne is his go-to guy on MMT. They have kindly let us in on their conversation.MacroManiaA conversation with A conversation with Eric Tymoigne on MMT vs SMTDavid Andolfatto on MMT vs SMTDavid Andolfatto | Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Much like in the first Gilded Age, antitrust enforcers today are hitting labor, not capital. This is thanks to Robert Bork’s radical and influential reinterpretation of antitrust law. In helping successfully rewrite antitrust, Bork left a legacy of corporate supremacy and individual powerlessness. Yeah, that Robert Bork as it "getting borked."PromarketHow Robert Bork Fathered the New Gilded AgeSandeep Vaheesan

Donald Trump regards himself as the world's best negotiator. He obviously had never been to an Iranian market.LobeLogWhy Iran’s Strategy of Reversible Escalation Is Working Eldar Mamedov See alsoValdai AnalyticsIran and the West: Where Does the Tanker War Lead? An Expert Discussion

Inquiring minds would like to know. The media conjured up Russiagate while ignoring the obvious — the Nazi resurgence and Neo-Nazism.RTUkraine's Nazis: Who are they, why are they so influential — and why have media ignored them?

Desperation make one look weak and stupid. Wrong message.The interesting thing psychologically is that it implies that the one making the offer is money-driven and has little appreciation of honor. Selling out is just another part of the game in this twisted view.OilpriceUS Offered Millions To Captain To Help Seize Iranian Oil Tanker Tsvetana Paraskova See alsoSI'B-Team Gangsters': US Confirms Trying to Bribe Captains of Iranian Tankers, as Tehran Decries 'Blackmail'also If at first you...

What could go wrong dispensing with licensing?Looks like the bugs haven't bee worked out yet. Roll out premature? The courts will decide.However, public safety is chiefly a government responsibility. Was the political process corrupted in lax regulation?Zero Hedge14 Women Sue Lyft, Claiming It Is Ignoring A "Sexual Predator Crisis" Among Its DriversTyler Durden

Russia was ready to cooperate with the United States in the production of specific components for its MC-21 [commercial] jet but eventually decided to build the aircraft completely on its own, President Vladimir Putin said, speaking at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum on Thursday. "It would be appropriate to cooperate [with the US in the production of components and parts for the MC-21 — TASS], we were ready to purchase the proper American materials, since they buy large...

Overall, a fiscal stimulus coordinated across countries appears to be increasingly expedient as the intensity of the trade stand-off among the leading trading powers is showing further signs of escalation. Rather than an ad hoc response from a number of countries a decade ago a more comprehensive, rules-based and coordinated arrangement could be advanced in a way that renders this anti-crisis mechanism a systemic part of an effective use of the Global Financial Safety Net (GFSN). Indeed, in...

I did get to explain MMT to Emmanuel Wallerstein recently. He was non-committal, saying essentially that he did not understand it. Not in his bailiwick. Oriental Review World Systems And Capitalism: Immanuel Wallerstein’s Legacy Binoy Kampmark