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Mon, 06/02/2023 - 17:29

Bennett says the US and its Western allies decided to ‘keep striking Putin’ and not negotiate This article was originally published by Antiwar.com Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in an interview posted to his YouTube channel on Saturday that the US and its Western allies “blocked” his efforts of mediating between Russia and Ukraine to bring an end to the war in its early days. On March 5, 2022, Bennett traveled to Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin. In […]

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Mon, 06/02/2023 - 14:30
Geopolitics, the global economy, and the future. Longish but important. 

Brave New World
Jeffrey D. Sachs – The New Geopolitics
Jeffrey D. Sachs | University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed The Earth Institute from 2002 until 2016. He is also president of the U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions Network and a commissioner of the U.N. Broadband Commission for Development. He has been adviser to three United Nations secretaries-general and currently serves as an SDG advocate under Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
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Mon, 06/02/2023 - 14:18
Well, things are getting interesting in the US. The Federal Reserve started hiking interest rates in April 2022 and its decisions are underpinned by an theoretical framework that suggests the unemployment rate is below what it thinks is the natural rate (the rate where inflation is stable). So the rate hikes are meant to slow spending and increase the unemployment rate and cause price setters to stop accelerating prices up. Except the data isn’t obeying the theory and inflation is falling despite the rate hikes rather than because of them. This is another demonstration of how flawed the dominant mainstream economics has become. Last Friday (January 3, 2022), the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released their latest labour market data – Employment Situation Summary – January 2023 – which revealed on-going and very robust employment growth, rising participation and falling unemployment. These are good signs for American workers. Further, as inflation is now in decline, most sectors recorded both modest nominal wages growth is some real wages growth – another virtuous sign. The latest data is certainly not consistent with the Federal Reserve type narratives.
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Mon, 06/02/2023 - 12:20
Well, things are getting interesting in the US. The Federal Reserve started hiking interest rates in April 2022 and its decisions are underpinned by an theoretical framework that suggests the unemployment rate is above what it thinks is the natural rate (the rate where inflation is stable). So the rate hikes are meant to slow…
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Mon, 06/02/2023 - 10:30
Now it’s Chris Christie’s turn in the barrel: Christie says “shut up Donnie!” In case you are wondering why this is suddenly happening, Christie was on ABC this morning: He also said “Biden didn’t win, Trump lost” which I’m sure made Trump’s head spin around on his shoulders like Linda Blair in “The Exorcist. “ Some people never grow up. These two certainly didn’t.
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Mon, 06/02/2023 - 10:15

Strategic organizational design is vital to a successful digital transformation. But many businesses need to realize that there are five factors to organizational design, not just one. Businesses can create a more holistic and effective digital transformation strategy by considering all five factors – purpose, structure, process, people, and culture. When it comes to organizational…

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