The V Moscow Academic Economic Forum (2023 MAEF) was held on 7-8 June 2023, organised by the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), the Russian Free Economic Society (VEO of Russia) and the International Union of Economists (IUE) Part of the Forum was the VII International Political Economy Congress (IPEC-2023), that took place at the Faculty of Economics of Lomonosov Moscow State University S.Mavroudeas (Panteion University, Dept. of Social Policy) was invited speaker in the Forum....

The second question; Why do Repubs get to pick the judges they wish to appear before? And the third question? Why do Dems get whatever is available? I was thinking about this happenstance on Friday when I read trump would appear in Federal Court in Florida. And yes, trump appointee Judge Aileen Cannon came to mind. Here we are once again . . . How does Judge Cannon get to be the assigned to oversee the classified documents case against former...

Strategic Culture Foundation (sanctioned by the US Treasury Department)The Hegemon Will Go Full Hybrid War Against BRICS+Pepe EscobarNaked CapitalismMichael Hudson on the US Economy – Surprisingly Resilient or Potemkin Village? [video and transcript]Michael Hudson | President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), a Wall Street Financial Analyst, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and Guest Professor at...

Meanwhile, Trump is on the campaign trail busily trying to foment another insurrection/revolution a la Jan 6th. Can’t but still wonder if there isn’t something darker than the documents driving this desperation.

I can not tell you I worked remotely. It was always required I be in the building governing the operations of the facility. One of those 7AM to 7PM positions which also entailed calls from the other side of the globe at night. And then a trip back to the facility. The fun part were the trips globally to check out our associate facilities. I can understand the reasoning for working remotely. More gets done with less interruption. Google has...

Niagara Falls: Some things never change, Carbon Upfront, Lloyd Alter. In 1882 Oscar Wilde noted that “Niagara will survive any criticism of mine. I must say this, however, that it is the first disappointment in the married life of many Americans who spend their honeymoon there.” (Calling it the second disappointment is a misquote) I recently visited with my daughter Emma’s family, and not much has changed since 1882, or at least since my kids were...

The torch has to be carried on I was on a one year sabbatical leave at Cambridge University, King’s College by invitation of Professor Wynne Godley in the year 1988/89. Seriously speaking I was surprised, because except for Godley there were only few economists left at the Faculty, who called him-/herself Keynesian. The old guard of Keynes’ disciples had disappeared: Joan Robinson and Nicholas Kaldor were no longer alive; Richard Kahn very fragile....

Many investors short term bearish on a reduction of their figure of speech “liquidity!”…Druckenmiller is 100% spot on here ? pic.twitter.com/1LGMs9FXqM— Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) June 10, 2023 What could neuter a new bull market? A recession that knocks down earnings would be a big one, of course. But the more immediate concern is liquidity.With the debt ceiling finally passed, the Treasury is expected to issue at least $1.2 trillion in T-Bills, with half of that…...

from Jesper Jespersen Personal recollection How I met Vicky I was on a one year sabbatical leave at Cambridge University, King’s College by invitation of Professor Wynne Godley in the year 1988/89. Seriously speaking I was surprised, because except for Godley there were only few economists left at the Faculty, who called him-/herself Keynesian. The old guard of Keynes’ disciples had disappeared: Joan Robinson and Nicholas Kaldor were no longer alive; Richard Kahn very fragile....

Problems are Timothy's passion and this passion led to a career of two arcs. The first arc spanned twenty-five years of working with clients in corporate, government, military and non-profit environments to solve their most challenging problems. The second arc was his personal journey along the way studying problems and the best methods to solve them. That journey led to a deployment with the US military in Afghanistan where he first encountered the Systems Thinking aspect of the science of...