Part One: The Script for the Lead-Up to War
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Part One: The Script for the Lead-Up to War
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Without some downtime, artificial neural networks become catastrophically forgetful.
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Jeremy Hunt opened his budget speech today by arguing that the state of the UK economy was ‘proving the doubters wrong’. The country will, he argued, avoid a technical recession in 2023. Hunt’s budget—which he termed the ‘budget for growth’—centres on building on this apparent success. While Sir Keir Starmer delivered some typically ‘forensic’ responses […]
A spotlight on the personal life of the trailblazing philosopher.
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Sam has worked on the London Underground as a member of station staff for decades. ‘I remember when we hit one million passengers in 1996. We had double the number of staff. We now have around 4 million passengers and half as many staff,’ he tells Tribune. When Sam started working on the London Underground, […]
[The Roman Senate is gathered at the Curia Pompeia, the senate house of the Roman Republic. The Roman general MARK ANTONY addresses the group.]
MARK ANTONY: Friends, Romans, co-workers, lend me your ears! It is once again time to enter the senate office pool for the annual Tournament of Gladiators. Sixty-eight teams from around the empire will compete, single-elimination (losers die) for the coveted City-State Championship Trophy. There are many exciting matchups to keep an eye on this year. Will the number VII seed Spartans go all the way, or will the number X seed Trojans be the tournament spoilers? Only time will tell…
[Two of the Romans, CASSIUS and BRUTUS, whisper to each other as Mark Antony gives his speech.]
CASSIUS: My money is on the Spartans.
BRUTUS: Oh please, the Spartans couldn’t land a death blow down the stretch if their lives depended on it, which they do.
The transitory view of the current inflation episode is getting more support from the evidence. Yesterday’s US inflation data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (March 14, 2023) – Consumer Price Index Summary – February 2023 – shows a further significant drop in the inflation rate as some of the key supply-side drivers abate. All the data is pointing to the fact that the US Federal Reserve’s logic is deeply flawed and not fit for purpose. Today, I also discuss the stupidity that is about to begin in Europe again, as the European Commission starts to flex its muscles after it announced to the Member States that it is back to austerity by the end of this year. And finally, some beauty from Europe in the music segment....William Mitchell — Modern Monetary Theory
A market valuation problem is not a fraud problem this time around.
Michale Hudson explains the big difference between this crisis and 2008.
Ukraine is a pawn for militarists intent on degrading Russia and, ultimately, China in a self-defeating quest to ensure US global hegemony. The end of this war, like most proxy wars, will be ugly.
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