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Book Review Adam Tooze. Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World. Viking. New York. 2018 The global economic crisis is now more than a decade old, and is far from definitively behind us. Indeed, many fear, with good reason, that the recent, uneven and lethargic global recovery may soon come to an end, and that the next crisis of global capitalism could be even worse than that of 2008. The financial crisis and resulting crisis of the real global economy triggered by the...

Like all sensible folk I was myself opposed to the NAFTA at the outset, convinced that it did more for the corporations than for the rest of us. I’m still of that view. Is it possible that the biggest change that is now taking place is in the name itself, from NAFTA to USMCA- perhaps done so that Trump can boast that he delivered on his promise to get rid of NAFTA? A number of commentators on both sides of the CanAm border have written, in the words of John Ibbitson in the Globe and Mail,...

The current Deep Throat War is more like the case of a fractioned Deep State out for revenge on Trump via its media arm. The one-two tie-in – Woodward’s book and the “resistance” Op-Ed – looks increasingly like a sophisticated psy-ops – a prelude for a Deep State white coup.... It would be hard to dismiss the President when he says: “I’m draining the Swamp, and the Swamp is trying to fight back.” It would be hard to dismiss the President when he says: “I’m draining the Swamp, and the...

Funny. Trump gets some of the basics of MMT, which the article mentions. Gary Cohn, not so much.Business InsiderBob Woodward book: Gary Cohn was 'astounded at Trump's lack of basic understanding' about the federal debt Bob Bryan

[unable to retrieve full-text content]How Not to Sound Like an Idiot About the Trade Deficit, Part 1: Hey look, a 5-minute solution to sounding like a complete moron, you should check it out. (not callig you a moron, I’m sure you’re lovely, I…just read it ok)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]How Not to Sound Like an Idiot About the Trade Deficit, Part 1: Hey look, a 5-minute solution to sounding like a complete moron, you should check it out. (not callig you a moron, I’m sure you’re lovely, I…just read it ok)

Typically good analysis and assessment from Tom Luongo.Strategic Culture FoundationTrump Dangles Wooden Carrots at Russia over Crimea Tom LuongoSee alsoAlso good.DJT read this right. Brilliant on many levels. Even if this is all he accomplishes, he has secured his legacy and may emerge in historical reflection as a great president. But this summit between what is surely the oddest couple in modern diplomatic history may well launch the most serious effort yet to end the U.S.-North Korean...

Diplomatic ping-pong. China seeks a "win-win," while Washington regards geopolitics as a zero-sum game.Asia Times Beijing’s ‘win-win’ Korean Peninsula scenario Xuan Loc DoanSee alsoNot only Turkey.Geopolitics AlertTurkey Breaks with NATO, Refuses to Expel Russians Jim Carey

It now appears that a major contributing factor to the abrupt shutdown of the Russia-Trump probe by the House Intelligence Committee was a fear that the Committee was getting too close to Trump’s dealings with Deutsche Bank and Deutsche Bank’s dealings with Russia.... The draft report from the Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee also contains this bombshell: “Moreover, as the Committee has learned, candidate Trump’s private business was actively negotiating a business deal in...

U.S. President Donald Trump seems intent on launching a trade war. He is ignoring appeals to common sense coming from Europe and Asia, but one country stands to lose more than any other: Germany. German business is already fretting about the effects of Russian sanctions. They are viewing Trump's trade policy as a stab in the back, and no way to treat a staunch ally.Spiegel OnlineThe Trade Warrior: Donald Trump's Attack on German Prosperity Der Spiegel StaffAlsoSputnik InternationalMerkel:...