Mike Norman Economics

When going bankrupt it starts off slowly and then it happens very quickly. Author and businessman, Mark Brooks, says this is happening to the Western narrative right now as the propaganda has become so outlandish that lots of people are beginning to cotton on to the lies, and like the Emperor's New Clothes, the masses are about to realise it too. It's already happening in France. If you like what you read here at MNE's, then this is essential viewing. Don't miss it! [embedded content]...

Chimerica decoupling.Zero HedgeChinese Investments In US Grind To Halt, Trade War BlamedTyler Durden

At his first White House performance with other senior officials of the incoming Reagan administration, freshly appointed (but veteran covert action operative) intelligence chief William Casey told President Reagan and the others assembled:“We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.” Hard to believe? Read below what an eye-witness has attested to: “I am the source for this quote, which was indeed said by CIA Director William...

The head of the Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, identified the problems that create risks for the successful implementation of national projects and the achievement of sustainable economic growth, at the International Financial Congress on Thursday. "This year, the government has begun implementing national projects that are designed to remove structural constraints. These projects, involving investments in education, health care, and infrastructure, should be worked out with effective...

Happy Independence Day as America celebrates with a military parade in the capital city.If vigilance is the price of freedom, Americans need to wake up and stand up as the vise jaws close.This Can't Be HappeningUS is a Classic Empire and Is Becoming a Repressive Police State at Home Dave LindorffSee alsoThe Rutherford InsitituteIt’s Time to Declare Your Independence from Tyranny, America John W. WhiteheadAlsoAlterNetTrue patriots are rebels, not bootlickers Meteor Blades

China remains committed to its 40-year-old process of reform and opening up. But following through on this commitment will require China's leaders to find ways to manage escalating tensions with the US and avoid a costly – and potentially devastating – reconfiguration of the global economy.... Project SyndicateThe Next Phase of Trump’s Trade War with ChinaYu Yongding | former president of the China Society of World Economics and director of the Institute of World Economics and Politics at...

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei told the Financial Times on Thursday that he expects the US to fight against his company's push into the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart factory technologies. Monopoly capitalism at work. Sputnik InternationalHuawei Founder Ren Zhengfei Says US Will 'Fight IoT Next", Block Smart Tech Industry – Reports

Bonnie Faulkner of Guns and Butter interviews Michael Hudson. Transcript.Naked CapitalismMichael Hudson Discusses the IMF and World Bank: Partners In Backwardness Yves Smith

I saw a Tweet overnight suggesting the so-called progressive British Remainers had been a little quiet in recent days following the comical display of anti-democratic, corporatism aka filling leadership positions in the EU and the Eurozone. Where are they? Why aren’t they out there in the media (social or otherwise) extolling the virtues of their much-loved European Union, where progressive policies are the norm and the peoples’ interests are held above the narrow corporate interests? The...

How is this possible?  Rather than weaken Al Quada, the War On Terror has greatly strengthened it, as Bin Laden hoped it would. Al-Qaida has recruited an estimated 40,000 fighterssince Sept. 11, 2001, when the Osama bin Laden-led extremist group attacked the United States, according to the not-for-profit Council on Foreign Relations. Despite a United States-led global “war on terror” that has cost US$5.9 trillion, killed an estimated 480,000 to 507,000 people and assassinated bin Laden,...