RT, 8 Aug, 2022 05:05, HomeBusiness News Western sanctions are good for Moscow – US economist A former Wall Street analyst says the Russian economy is being made self-sufficient The economic war unleashed by the West against Russia has backfired and may bring the country much good, former Wall Street financier Michael Hudson has told Continue Reading
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We are in the midst of another global transformation, but this time we might have the tools to get it right.
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To reduce their tax exposure, multinationals may seek to shift profits to countries with lower tax rates. Do patents play a role in this strategy?
Filming a band practice and editing the video into a song
I wanted to show the process of how we filmed the band working on an idea for a song during a two-hour practice session and chopped up that video footage into a working song.
Run a click track the whole time
The key thing about this idea is that we had a click track running the entire night.
We had headphones placed around the studio and the click track was constantly running, whether we were talking or actually playing it was always running.
That way no matter what ideas we played throughout the video recording, whatever parts that we came up with they would still work with each other in the video editor when I placed them side by side.
This week’s Bizarro cartoons.
Public financial management (PFM) has a significant role in linking resources to results by financing human development outcomes. When economic stimulus packages are short run in nature, thematic PFM, such as child budgeting, has a crucial role in reducing crime against children.
Interview of Michael Hudson by Andrei The Saker, August 2022 Russian transcript Transcript Key: ATS = Andrei The Saker; MH = Michael Hudson ATS Well first of all, Michael, a huge, huge thank you for agreeing to this conversation. It’s a big pleasure for me to have you here, it’s a big honour too, and Continue Reading
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Researchers find that the nation had become an outlier among other rich countries in mortality rates long before the pandemic – and that Americans are dying younger than their peers abroad.
With its economic and military might, America is hard to beat on technological wonders, space exploration, and top-notch universities. But when it comes to health, a fundamental prerequisite to a fulfilling life, the US isn’t delivering and hasn’t been for a long time. Researchers now find that the big picture of health failings is even graver than we already knew.
CounterPunch Radio – _July 15, 2022 – Michael Hudson ERIC DRAITSER: Hello and welcome to CounterPunch Radio. My name is Eric Draitser, thanks so much for tuning in, and coming back to the show. First-time listeners finding the show, welcome aboard. Thank you so much, we really appreciate your support. If you want to support Continue Reading
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A new state-level analysis finds that ending emergency unemployment benefits had a statistically significant positive impact on employment.
"It may well be draconian leaving no room for corruption by ministers and government officials to be brought to public attention."
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), under its
Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP),
decided that ownership of the
debian.communitydomain should be transferred to the Debian Project.
Bereavement is bad enough, without a predatory phone company refusing to cancel a dead person’s account. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 28th July 2022 It’s sometimes called “sadmin”: tying up the affairs of someone who has passed away. There’s a lot to do, though some aspects have become easier – you can notify […]
"Irrespective of whichever side you may have family or friends on, there are innocent lives that are being used as pawns in a very vicious game."
Firms with fewer than 50 employees at the onset of the pandemic had a relatively greater increase in job separations than firms with 1,000 or more workers.
Maybe my GP is right. I might be worrying too much. I shouldn’t follow the news so closely.
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What Do We Owe Afghanistan? Nathan J. Robinson & Noam Chomsky August 3, 2022. Current Affairs. “The oppressed people of afghanistan will know the generosity of america and our allies.” — George W. Bush, Oct. 7, 2001 The 9/11 attacks could have been dealt with as a crime. This would have been sane and consistent with precedent. […]
Why are we incentivizing wealth at the expense of health?
The Emergency Capital Investment Program is the largest ever targeted to community development lenders to help in their support of under-resourced communities.