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ONE SLIDE: Working on the Summary Review Materials for Econ 135: History of Economic Growth: The Post-1870 MEG-Economy

DRAFT of one single slide I want my students to be able to refer to, now, while writing the exam, and far into the...

Germany’s Gas Use And Power Prices Jump Amid Weak Wind Generation

By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.comIntraday power prices in Germany jumped and natural gas-fired electricity generation rose to a two-year high this week as low...

Will Emerging Economies Face a Hard Landing?

Policy Center for the New SouthThe start of 2022 has been marked by simultaneous signs of a slowdown in global economic growth, and a...

World Bank Slush Funds For Ukraine – Another $20 Billion Wired From US

The United States Treasury Department expedited a $20 billion aid package to Ukraine as part of the 50 billion G7 Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration (ERA)...

NOTE TO SELF: "Coin Money, & Regulate the Value Thereof…"

TIME FOR A RANT: Today's Republicans is very weird; in this case, deeply weird about the Federal Reserve, & deeply, deeply confused about money...

Provoked: The Long Train Of Abuses That Culminated In The Ukraine War

Authored by Carus Michaelangelo via The Mises Institute,“A fox knows many things, but a hedgehog knows one big thing.” Scott Horton is the liberty movement’s...

Argentina Avoids Falling into Arrears with the IMF

Policy Center for the New SouthOn January 28, both Argentina’s government and the International Monetary Fund staff made announcements about an understanding on new...

HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WEAPONIZED THE BANK SECRECY ACT TO SPY ON AMERICANS

https://twitter.com/i/status/1865108551611396247 A Congressional investigation committee released an extremely concerning report this week entitled: “FINANCIAL SURVEILLANCE IN THE UNITED STATES: HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WEAPONIZED THE...

NVIDIA Market Capitalization, & What I See as Its Likely Implications

My guess? NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE: When NVIDIA's fundamental equity value goes up by $1.00, the fundamental equity value of the tech sector as a...

Escobar: Syria’s Post-Mortem – Terror, Occupation, And Palestine

Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Cradle,The short headline defining the abrupt, swift end of Syria as we knew it would be: Eretz Israel...

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Biden Admin Scrambling To Auction Off Border-Wall Sections Before Trump Takes Office

With Donald Trump set to retake office in January, the Biden administration is scrambling to auction off unused sections of Trump's border wall, the...

Do You Have a Passion for Political Solutions?

This week, as expected, the Federal Reserve did not hike nor cut the federal funds rate.  Instead, following the two-day FOMC meeting, the central...

MiB: Tony Kim, Blackrock Active Technology

     This week, we speak with Tony Kim, Managing Director and Head of the Fundamental Equities’ Global Technology Team at BlackRock. he is manager of...