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Sunday, October 23, 2016

Daily Mail — No comment: Clinton has 'nothing to say' about Wikileaks email revealing $12M quid pro quo with Morocco's king that an aide said was a 'mess' of her own making

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'I have nothing to say about Wikileaks, other than I think we should all be concerned about what the Russians are trying to do to our ...
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Mark Weisbrot — Venezuela's Economic Crisis: Does It Mean That the Left Has Failed?

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The international media have provided a constant fusillade of stories and editorials (not always easily distinguished from each other) abou...
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No relief in sight for UK Savers

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UK savers continue to get screwed by the BOE's near-zero rate policy and are fearing worse. Low interest rates may have helped the c...
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Saturday, October 22, 2016

RT — Linguistic prodigy: 4yo Russian girl speaks 7 languages, incl Chinese & Arabic

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Bella speaks languages belonging to three different groups: Indo-European (Russian, French, English, Spanish, German), Semitic (Arabic) and...
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Jonathan Vanian — China Overtakes U.S. In Apple App Store Spending

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China has overtaken the U.S. as the biggest spender in Apple’s iOS app store. Mobile analytics and research firm App Annie said this wee...

John J. Mearsheimer — Two Worlds, Two Playbooks: Why Moscow and Washington Don’t Understand Each Other

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John J. Mearsheimer is a US foreign policy realist, who is opposed to idealism such as neoconservatism and liberal internationalism. Thi...
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Xinhua — 'Little brown brother image' of Filipinos stunts Philippines: foreign secretary

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Filipinos fed up with US racism. The Philippine foreign secretary said on Saturday that the "little brown brother image" has t...
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Jason Smith — One year ago ...

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One year ago ... I put up my preprint . No journal has accepted it yet ... Abstract A general information equilibrium model in the case...

RT — No one allowed to leave: Militants shell East Aleppo exit route as humanitarian pause ends

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So much for that. It was a forgone conclusion, but Russia and Syria were wise to call the Western bluff, although Russia and Syria are bein...
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JW Mason — How I Think about Monetary Policy

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From my point of view, the conceptual issues here are simpler than you’d guess from the shouting. It comes down to two questions. First, ho...

Perpetuity

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Review of a financial Perpetuity from wikipedia here: A perpetuity is an annuity that has no end, or a stream of cash payments that co...

Luigi Zingales — The Non-Performing Assets of Wells Fargo

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Short and incisive. ProMarket The Non-Performing Assets of Wells Fargo Luigi Zingales

Zero Hedge — Obama Warned Of Rigged Elections Back In 2008: "It Helps We Got Democrats In Charge Of Machines"

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From the not-so-way-back time machine. Run the tape, please. Zero Hedge Obama Warned Of Rigged Elections Back In 2008: "It Helps We Got...

The Duran — Russia reinforces positions in Syria, Al-Qaeda stops civilians fleeing eastern Aleppo

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The inability of the UN to provide aid during the current ceasefire in Aleppo, and of the people of eastern Aleppo to leave via the ‘humani...

Greta Mautner — How Come the Biden Family is Above US Laws?

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Corruption watch. NEO How Come the Biden Family is Above US Laws? Greta Mautner

Paul Robinson — A normal week in the British press

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Propaganda watch. Irrussianality A normal week in the British press Paul Robinson | Professor, Graduate School of Public and Internationa...
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Jafe Arnoldski — The new State Duma rears its head: A new era in Russian democracy

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Political change is taking place in Russia as the country gets used to liberal democracy in governing. Simultaneously, an anti-corruption...

Jafe Arnoldski — What languages do the Normandy Four speak together?

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You were probably just dying to know this. Fort Russ What languages do the Normandy Four speak together? Jafe Arnoldski

James Kwak — Ideas, Interests, and the Challenge for Progressives

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This is a follow-up on a debate begun by Mike Konczal and joined by Dani Rodrik. It's an important debate to be having about poli...
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Noah Smith — Liberals Compete for the Soul of Economics

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But there are not one, but two big trends in liberal economic thinking. One wants to modify the economic thinking of the past few decades, ...
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Jason Furman — Extracting the Signal from the Noise

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Seven tips for interpreting macroeconomic data. Milken Institute Extracting the Signal from the Noise Jason Furman | Chairman of Preside...

21st Century Wire — SYRIA: ‘Rebels’ Constructing Child Victims to Sell Western Intervention & Regime Change

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Dissecting the propaganda coming out of Syria geared to Western media to promote "Assad must go." Assad and Putin are "bom...

Paola Subacchi — Free Trade in Chains

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This is significant. The research director of Chatham House is agreeing with Joseph Stiglitz, Stephen Roach, and Dani Rodrik that political...
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Dani Rodrik — How to tell apart trade agreements that undermine democratic principles from those that don't

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I discussed in an earlier post on Brexit how to think about international agreements and the constraints on state action they entail in ter...
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Robert Parry — Washington’s New Lock-Step March of Folly

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Good analysis. What I would question though is his assessment of Tulsi Gabbard. One potential leader of a peace movement would be Rep. Tu...
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China aluminum makers to target auto, aerospace in global push

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China USD zombies prepping to turn surplus aluminum into more USD balances... So much for the econo-moron theory of "supply and demand...
Friday, October 21, 2016

Zero Hedge — Over 60% Of Americans Fear "Corruption Of Government Officials" Above Anything Else

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Zero Hedge Over 60% Of Americans Fear "Corruption Of Government Officials" Above Anything Else Tyler Durden
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VASKAL — The Most Revealing Emails from the #PodestaFiles, Separated By Category (Parts 1 - 13)

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Reference. VASKAL The Most Revealing Emails from the #PodestaFiles, Separated By Category (Parts 1 - 13)
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Jonathan Turley — Wikileaks: Top Clinton Aides Detail “Expensive Gifts” and Unethical Deals By Clintons Through Their Foundation

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Conflict of interest (unethical but not illegal) or quid pro quo (illegal)? Wikileaks: Top Clinton Aides Detail “Expensive Gifts” and Unet...

Pepe Escobar — The Aleppo/Mosul Riddle

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Backgrounder on Mosul. Strategic Culture Foundation The Aleppo/Mosul Riddle Pepe Escobar
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