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Tucker Carlson accused the NSA of spying on his personal communications when he tried to schedule an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. I can corroborate his story.
The post I Am the “US-based Kremlin intermediary” That Tried To Help Tucker Carlson Book An Interview With Putin appeared first on scheerpost.com.
The Racial Equity Action Program seeks to ensure equitable outcomes across the St. Louis Fed—from recruiting to supplier diversity to workplace culture.
Flock Safety works with police to market scanners to hundreds of private community groups — which have no privacy safeguards.
The post License Plate Surveillance, Courtesy of Your Homeowners Association appeared first on The Intercept.
'We can't continue to have a situation in which the government is allowed to set and mark its own homework', says campaigner Jennifer Nadel
Welcome to my Wednesday Blog, with a lovely new release next week! Blake’s 7: Origins is Out on the 27th! Blake’s 7: Origins is a limited edition collection of hardback novelisations of the first season of the classic BBC SF series (and the start of the second)… and I’m writing the very first one, covering ‘The […]
The equivalent of “time to crate” in conversations with me, is the length of time it takes someone — not always me! — to ask “Have you read Seeing Like a State/Tyranny of Structurelessness”? It was IMMORAL to roll one’s eyes at this point, because obviously it is awesome that anarchist (or CIA, depending on […]
In the latest IMF Finance and Development journal (March 2023), there is an interesting article by the former governor of the Bank of Japan, Masaaki Shirakawa – It’s time to rethink the foundation and framework of monetary policy. It goes to the heart of the complete confusion that is now being demonstrated by central bank…
Far-right activists are worried about a "trap" protest.
Big Grocer is watching you.
The appearance of a handful of Nazis at the “Let Women Speak” rally in Melbourne last weekend has caused a furore.
The post Official transphobia legitimises the far right appeared first on Solidarity Online.
An arrest warrant for war crimes alleged against Vladimir Putin highlights the bias shown by the media in overlooking sins of the "good guys". read now...How AI is institutionalizing Medicare Adantage fraud, to the degree that appeals of denials often outrun the patient's life.
Disney+'s adaptation of Jilly Cooper's classic 80s blockbuster novel Rivals has tapped David Tennant, Danny Dyer & Aiden Turner to star.
Overview: This was an impromptu conversation precipitated by former Congressman Dennis Kucinich to have a deep dive discussion with a former economic advisor, Michael Hudson, on the shockingly large recent bank collapses. As the former chair of the powerful Government Oversight Subcommittee, Kucinich had a ringside seat in unraveling the bank collapses after the housing bubble burst. He confronted the players in the field with withering questions in Congressional hearings. Now Kucinich wanted important feedback from a banking insider on how this crisis was different than the one in 2008.
This food timeline started as a way to explore the revolution in Australian food that has occurred during the baby-boomers’ lifetime, but has since expanded to include more about the previous decades (and century) as well. Also included are overseas events and trends that had an impact here. The entries are brief, but there are lots of links if you want more information.
The AUKUS deal and Australia's commitment to costly submarines have raised concerns that our foreign policy is being led by the military. read now...Dennis Kucinich & Michael Hudson Analyze the Banking Collapses: a lightly edited transcript March 15, 2023 Overview: This was an impromptu conversation precipitated by former Congressman Dennis Kucinich to have a deep dive discussion with a former economic advisor, Michael Hudson, on the shockingly large recent bank collapses. As the former chair of the powerful Continue Reading
The post With Dennis Kucinich on the Financialized Economy, Collapse first appeared on Michael Hudson.Productivity growth has slowed in Australia in recent decades. Previous research highlighted the roles of persistently weak non-mining investment and a pervasive decline in economic dynamism, including slower reallocation of labour from low- to high-productivity firms. While these facts have so far been considered separately, this paper attempts to connect them by documenting investment patterns for firms with different levels of productivity. We find that more productive firms are more likely to invest and expand their capital stock than less productive firms, but the extent to which this is true has declined over time. This has weighed on productivity, output and incomes through lower aggregate investment, and also through a less efficient allocation of that investment. We find evidence that capital reallocation slowed more in sectors that were more dependent on external finance, pointing to financing frictions as potentially playing a role. Declines have also been more pronounced in sectors with increasing mark-ups, suggesting that weaker competition may have blunted incentives for firms to expand and improve or exit.
