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Vietnam Abandons Zero-COVID Fantasy After Record Drop in GDP

Maoism has consequences? Who knew

John Reed 1 Oct 21 682 18

Ukraine up in Arms Because Hungary and Russia Signed a Gas Deal

Ukraine fighting to stay addicted to Russian gas fees

Josephine Joly 30 Sep 21 1005 12

Trade War Joys

US-China Trade War Did Not Bring American Firms Home, Research Finds

“We find little evidence that US multinationals are playing their part in the great power rivalry by patriotically abandoning China.”

Sarah Zheng 24 Sep 21 382 3

Our Benevolent Empire

HILARIOUS: Having Delayed Nord Stream 2, Washington Blames Russia for Europe’s Gas Crunch

Having engineered a bidding war between EU and Asia for its LNG the US accuses Russia of "manipulating" the market

Anti-Empire 23 Sep 21 1198 8

This Is the Labor Market on Which Biden Is Imposing the Injection/PCR Requirement

11.7 million job openings! Twice the pre-mind-virus record

Wolf Richter 12 Sep 21 2618 9

EU’s Radical Net-Zero Pledges Hit Home — With Eye-Watering Energy Bills

Any Russian relief will have to come through Nord Stream 2 -- Russia has signaled it won't increase gas deliveries except through that one pipe when it's approved

Sophie Mellor 11 Sep 21 942 2

Ireland Stands Its Ground Against 132 Countries Who Gang Up on Its Economy

As the global hegemon seeks to eliminate tax rate competition, Ireland resists this threat to its survival

Dan Sanchez 30 Aug 21 802 10

30% of US Farmland Is Owned by Landlords Who Don’t Farm Themselves

Welcome back to feudal land relations

Nathaniel Lee 23 Aug 21 880 4

50 Years Ago Nixon ‘Temporarily’ Took the Dollar Off the Gold Standard

And America defaulted on Federal Reserve notes

SchiffGold 18 Aug 21 584 8

US Monetized 52 Percent of the $5 Trillion New Debt Since Self-Inflicted Doomsday of March 2020

Hedge fund managers took on half of the rest but individuals with skin in the game actually liquidated 20% ($400bn) of what they held

Wolf Richter 18 Aug 21 765 5

UK Vaccine Committee Chair Is Funded by Pfizer, Can’t Explain U-Turn on Jabs for 16-Year olds, Cite Any New Evidence

Says they're now more certain of their position from 2 weeks ago...when they ruled against jabs for minors

RT 6 Aug 21 845 5

Dollar’s Purchasing Power Gets Zapped. It’s Permanent

"No one has ever been through this kind of combination of massive monetary and fiscal stimulus while inflation was raging"

Wolf Richter 6 Aug 21 1309 6

After Upending the Global Oil Industry & Losing Their Shirts, Shale Oil Drillers & Battered Investors Go for Price

US oil drillers have refused to raise production back to 2019 levels, despite the recovery in the price of oil

Wolf Richter 5 Aug 21 1055 5

Johnson & Johnson Looks at Moving Baby Powder Asbestos Lawsuits Into Separate Company Which Will File for Bankruptcy and Avoid $2bn Payouts

Now let's apartheid those who do not wish to avail of its new injectable

Mike Spector 24 Jul 21 632 3

Our Benevolent Empire

Biden Proposes Global Tax-Fixing Cartel, Punish Those Who Don’t Join

"In a move that would primarily benefit the world’s largest economies and most bloated governments"

Brian McGlinchey 24 Jul 21 553 18

This “Temporary” Inflation Is Turning Into an Inflation Spiral

The last four months on track for 8% yearly

Michael Maharrey 16 Jul 21 415 3

Belarus Ends Partnership With EU, Will Merge Tax System With Russia & Establish Common Market for Energy

Will Belarus again be able to get Russian crude at Russian domestic prices?

Jonny Tickle 29 Jun 21 798 13

Big Brain BidenThose Pesky Chinese

Hilarious: In 2014 Vice President Biden Claimed China Was Inherently Incapable of Innovating

Certainly an 'innovative' thing to say, even in 2014

Ashley Killough 23 Jun 21 537 5

Here Is the Case That China Is Quietly Soaking Up New Dollars Again, Effectively Paying the Bill of US ‘Stimulus’

The PBOC Dollar

David P. Goldman 22 Jun 21 1047 15

The Junior Empire Plots More Sanctions Warfare vs Belarus, Hopes to Hurt Russia by Extension

Reuters: "Brussels raises the price of bolstering Belarus"

Anti-Empire 22 Jun 21 462 3

Those Pesky Chinese

China Chips Away at the US Chip Wall

Can't make the most hi-tech chips but the production of low and medium-range ones is up 50% from last year

Josh Ye 21 Jun 21 871 1

Should the US Thank North Korea for Creating ‘Monetary Stimulus’?

Anti-Empire 20 Jun 21 394 11

China Delivers Crushing Blow to Wind, Solar Power

The country with the most solar and wind power ends all future subsidies

Irina Slav 19 Jun 21 1244 8

Is Inflation “Transitory”? Here’s Your Simple Test

Is inflation "transitory" in your household budget? Really? Where?

Charles Hugh Smith 17 Jun 21 418 1

China’s Working Age Population Shrunk by 46 Million in a Decade

By 2050 only Korea and Italy of major economies expected to have smaller shares of working population

Mark Kruger 15 Jun 21 606 14

Those Pesky Chinese

China Leads the Race to Nuclear Fusion Power

"The new record has nudged the world ever slightly closer to this elusive, yet highly sought-after clean power source"

Tessa Koumoundouros 12 Jun 21 674 1

US to ‘Counter China,’ ‘Win 21st Century,’ by Printing Up Another $250 Billion It Doesn’t Have

Biden's plan to make US industries 'innovative and productive' is to print currency and give it to them

Dave DeCamp 11 Jun 21 509 4

Those Pesky Sino-Russians

China, Russia Sort Out Differences on Wide Body Airliner

Rumors of CR929's possible demise greatly exaggerated

Frank Chen 11 Jun 21 919 1

Trade War Joys

China Is Paying Less Than 8 Percent of Tariff Costs. Americans Are Paying the Rest

No biggie. Americans can just print more of their Monopoly money and send themselves more checks

Eric Boehm 27 May 21 704 6

Lockdown Lemmings Have Broken Global Shipping

Over a year since the global shutdown logistics are still a total shambles and will remain for most of 2021

Costas Paris 26 May 21 1384 4

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