It seems that EU leaders have realized that the US can squeeze them, not just with tariffs, but with natural gas supplies. It used to be that Europe got most of its natural gas from Russia, till the pipelines were blown up, probably by the US. Now they pay much more to get shipped LNG […]
The Twilight of Neoliberalism
I think this is worth posting in full. Once again Carney and Canada are moving faster than any of America’s vassals, which is fascinating because Canada is the most vulnerable to the US of all the vassals. But then, that’s why, plus some luck. Carney was the UK’s and Canada’s central banker. He did a […]
Carney gave an important speech yesterday, which you can read here. That lead to a lot of people praising him for his honesty in noting that the rules-based order was accepted by developed nations because they benefited from it, even though everyone knew it was bullshit: if you weren’t in the club, the rules didn’t […]
There’s a lot of confusion about the end of the American empire, and the fall of neoliberalism. Many people think the US will just be in “second place” and it’ll be OK. No. The problem is the nature of America’s decline. Since 1980 the US economy has been progressively financialized. Profits are all that matters, […]
Which is saying something, because worthless has been in charge of the West for generations. There are no leaders in charge of any major Western country who aren’t functionally morons. Europe is run by utter idiots who want war with Russia, refuse to acknowledge that Ukraine is losing, are actively speeding up their loss of […]
Dollar privilege: everyone using the dollar for trade, and the US controlling the system that moves currency around the world is important. When it goes away, and it will in the next five years, I’d guess, the US will take a huge hit to its ability to command the world’s resources and will lose most […]
A couple weeks ago we discussed why money still flows into America: returns are higher. Generally US assets are highly valued and money tends to flow into the US over other countries. This is because US assets out-perform. The Chinese stock market, like the US market of the 50s and 60s, trades sideways. The US […]
The great problem with financialization is that produces higher returns than productive investments do. If you want to industrialize or stay industrialized, you will have lower profits than a financialized economy does. This leads to situations like the below: Generally US assets are highly valued and money tends to flow into the US over other […]
The simplest measure of a government’s legitimacy is whether or not it works for the benefit of the people. Democrats also believe the government should be selected by the people. America does not meet either criterion at this time. Yes, there are elections, but the duopoly means that voters tend to choose from a small […]
I mean… Laura Ingraham: “Well, then why are people saying they’re anxious about the economy? Why are they saying that?” President Trump: “I don’t know that they are saying that. I think polls are fake. We have the greatest economy we’ve ever had.” pic.twitter.com/QDrM3Q4olu — RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) November 11, 2025 Not to mention firing […]