[unable to retrieve full-text content]In this interview, economists Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff discuss the U.S.'s influence on Israel and the broader Middle East, arguing that America's actions undermine the sovereignty of other nations. They assert that the U.S. uses Israel as a tool to maintain control over the region, particularly its oil resources, and prevent countries like Iraq and Libya from achieving true independence. They also highlight the selective use of "sovereignty" in...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]A heads up on changes to Part D in 2025. Some you already know as a $2000 cap on Meds Part D. Premiums may increase. There is a chance for subsidies. Read on . . . These increases in Medicare part D premiums are for 2025 Medicare, a federal health insurance program, is vital for […] The post Medicare Part D Increases appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]SCOTUS: Actually, Presidents Are Kings – by Joyce Vance Civil Discourse One of the last lines in Joyce Vance commentary at Civil Discourse is the title I used for this lengthy (and it is) Post of hers. Why is it the men on SCOTUS are a bunch of cowards when it comes to Trump? What […] The post The only force holding Trump accountable for trying to interfere in the last election is the voters in the up coming one appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Recent WSJ subscription article on China and it trying to reverse its one-child per couple policy. Evidently the policy is leaving the country with a growing elderly population with no younger replacements to follow. It will now implement subsidies to encourage larger families to reverse the demographic decline of its own design. The Communist Party […] The post Opinion Piece “China’s One-Child Economic Disaster” appeared first on...

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[unable to retrieve full-text content]– by New Deal democrat This week is another light one for economic data, so let me discuss a couple of points explaining why I am cautious, but not DOOOMing. Basically, because there are a lot of asterisks. Today let me follow up on initial jobless claims. The typical best way to look at these is […] The post A closer look at (why I’m not terribly concerned by) the recent elevated initial claims appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Many of you have noticed unwanted occurrences at Angry Bear. We have had four occurrences of down time. I am not sure why this is happening. Each time, Joel and I have alerted our present Server staff without being demanding or obnoxious. The latter serves no purpose. We need their help while we transition to […] The post Changes at Angry Bear appeared first on Angry Bear.

Inflationsmålet — en helig ko som höftades till Han kan beskrivas som det svenska inflationsmålets fader.Men i en ny dokumentär kallas 30 år av penningpolitik med fokus på 2-procentig inflation för ”en kyrka” av den före detta vice riksbankschefen.– Det var inte särskilt vetenskapligt underbyggt, säger Thomas Franzén i SVT:s ”Skuldfeber”. Hösten 1990 hade inflationen klättrat till mer än 10 procent och den stora svenska finanskrisen var på väg att brisera...

Pepe Escobar summarizes the state of play at the outset of the BRICS conference as it begans in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, Russian Federation. The heads of the central banks have already met in Moscow in preparation for discussing initial steps in an overhaul of the post WWII Bretton Woods monetary system and associated institutions established by and controlled by the West, the US in particular. Expectations had begun to exceed reality and now they are more modest but still...

The following are the first three paragraphs of the introduction to the Wealth of Nations: "The annual labor of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniencies of life which it annually consumes, and which consist always either in the immediate produce of that labour, or in what is purchased with that produce from other nations. According, therefore, as this produce, or what is purchased with it, bears a greater or smaller proportion to...