Why has Australia signed up for a pricey and security-diminishing nuclear sub deal?
Doomsday scenarios
The 2003 Iraq war led to huge numbers of civilian deaths, and continuing insurgencies in the Middle East and Africa
Are many of the explanations of the recent bank tsuris barkign up the wrong tree?
How the SVB bailout confirms the dedication of the elites to self interest only.
"Fool me once, shame on thee. Fool me twice, shame on me." The Global Soutn has wised up in the wake of the war in Iraq.
Michael Hudson gives a wide-ranging talk on SVB and other recent bank collapses, focusing on the considerable role of misguided Fed policies
A case study in sanctions blowback: how the Rosneft refinery, an important provider of diesel and jet fuel, looks like a stranded asset.
Questioning why the US has gone into belligerence over its belief that China will occupy Taiwan.
Peeling back more layers of the SVB implosion and its broader implications.
An over-zealous Fed pushed a few banks, including the big and super connected Silicon Valley Bank, over the edge. A bailout was a given.