A new sandpit for long side discussions, conspiracy theories, idees fixes and so on. To be clear, the sandpit is for regular commenters to pursue points that distract from regular discussion, including conspiracy-theoretic takes on the issues at hand. It’s not meant as a forum for visiting conspiracy theorists, or trolls posing as such. Like this:Like Loading...

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Το mέta | Κέντρο Μεταπιταλιστικού Πολιτισμού διοργάνωσε την Τετάρτη 22 Φεβρουαρίου 2023 δημόσια...

Extracts from and comments on Godfree Roberts's "Here Comes China" newsletter.Global SouthHere Comes China! – Global Southamarynth

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For most of my adult life, I’ve learned history almost exclusively by reading books. I took American and World history in high school and two quarters of American history in college, but after that, I became a history autodidact. I’ve written several book reviews (and published three of them), but this is the first course review I’ve written.In a footnote to an article on Ukraine in New York Review of books by British historian Timothy Garton Ash, he...

Frances Coppola is a financial economist, author, blogger, and former banker. You might have seen Frances in our weekly Macro Monday live shows. In this episode of the Wolf Of All Streets podcast, Frances explains why the housing market won’t collapse as it did in 2008, why she believes we will not see a recession, and what will happen to Bitcoin and crypto. https://twitter.com/Frances_Coppola https://www.coppolacomment.com/ ►►GET UP TO A $8,000 BONUS IN USDT AND GET MASSIVE...

Weekly Indicators for February 27 – March 3 at Seeking Alpha  – by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicators post is up at Seeking Alpha. A number of indicators which had been declining have stabilized since the beginning of the year, leading to increased speculation about a “soft” landing or even a “no landing” at all. The bulk of the long and short leading indicators beg to differ. As usual, clicking over and reading will fill you in on...

Loans at the Lege RECEIVED TUE., FEB. 28, 2023 Another Letter to The Editor from a member of Student Loan Justice Org.. “Loans at the Lege – Feedback,” The Austin Chronicle Dear Editor, The fact that Texas legislators like Ted Cruz are opposing student loan cancellation makes no sense. The state is crushed under $141 billion in mostly federal debt, most of the people with these loans are either Republican or Independent, and the...