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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

U.S. Overtakes China As Most Attractive Destination For Renewables — Tsvetana Paraskova

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The United States beat China to become the world’s most attractive country for investments in renewable energy, and the prospects for the U...

Achieving a Sustainable Chinese Recovery — Adair Turner

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Mainly interesting because of the numbers. China is unlikely to pay much attention to Adair Turner's advise, considering the state the...

Jonathan Turley — The Perpetual Impeachment: House Democrats Tell The Supreme Court That They Are Preparing For A New Impeachment

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Campaign season in America. Jonathan Turley The Perpetual Impeachment: House Democrats Tell The Supreme Court That They Are Preparing F...

China updates its ‘Art of (Hybrid) War’ — Pepe Escobar

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It's on. Asia Times China updates its ‘Art of (Hybrid) War’ Pepe Escobar

‘We print money digitally’ – so says the Fed — Peter May

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The current Chairman of the Federal Reserve bank of the USA – otherwise known as the US Central Bank, says that Central Banks have have the...
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The next Silicon Valley exodus: Over 25% of tech sector wants permanent work from home — Laura Wronski and Jon Cohen

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Jack Dorsey’s Twitter and Square have both said employees can work from home “forever.” Google and Facebook have told employees they ca...

The Primary Dealer Credit Facility — Antoine Martin and Susan McLaughlin

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The PDCF is one of many facilities introduced by the Federal Reserve to support the U.S. economy in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. T...

Exclusive: Countries to face a ‘wave’ of corporate lawsuits challenging emergency COVID-19 measures

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Research claims top law firms are preparing to ‘cash in’ on the pandemic by helping corporations sue states for measures that have impaired...
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Angel Soft exec explains why toilet paper supply couldn’t keep up with demand when COVID-19 hit — Michael Grothaus

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In case you were wondering. Toilet paper is a business where we run all of our assets 24/7…, so it wasn’t like there was an opportunity to...
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Caitlin Johnstone — Friendly Reminder That This Photo Happened, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

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It will never stop being fall-to-the-floor laughcry hilarious that the US has an evil idiot president who can’t form a coherent sentence a...

“I Take That as a Threat”: Big Pharma Is Meddling in the Race for a COVID-19 Treatment

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A Yale researcher poised to start a crucial clinical trial received an ominous email from a pharmaceutical company. “There is undoubtedly a...
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Monday, May 18, 2020

The Fable of the Chinese Whistleblower Stephen S. Roach and Weijian Shan

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The more the United States struggles with the ravages of COVID-19, the more President Donald Trump and his Republican Party will blame Chin...

Bill Mitchell — US labour market in peril as a result of political choices made by the US government

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I went on a data excursion for part of today to update the flows data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. They published the latest JOL...
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Naomi Klein: How big tech plans to profit from the pandemic

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As the coronavirus continues to kill thousands each day, tech companies are seizing the opportunity to extend their reach and power.  ...
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Saturday, May 16, 2020

Bank Of Canada: Repo Printer Go Brrr! — Brian Romanchuk

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Short intro to the Bank of Canada, which most people probably don't have a lot a familiarity with. Bond Economics Bank Of Canada: Rep...
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Re-Opening Narratives Too Short-Term — Brian Romanchuk

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As expected, the internet and media is being flooded with re-opening stories, contrasting and comparing the situation in different countrie...
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Regulators temporarily change the supplementary leverage ratio to increase banking organizations' ability to support credit to households and businesses in light of the coronavirus response

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This dropped late after the close yesterday... in the PR business, if you want something to be overlooked in the news cycle, it is well kno...
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Friday, May 15, 2020

China

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The Hindu  (India) U.S. adds new sanction on Chinese tech giant Huawei AP Zero Hedge US Blocks Shipment Of Semiconductors To Huawei In La...

Caitlin Johnstone — Revolutionary Boiling Point, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

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Amen. Caitlin Johnstone — Rogue Journalist Revolutionary Boiling Point, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Caitlin Johns...

James Anderson — The era of modern monetary theory has arrived

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Getting used to MMT. Investment Week James Anderson: The era of modern monetary theory has arrived

Modern Monetary Theory: The little-known consequence of the massive coronavirus bills — JD Rucker

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The real existential threat to the United States isn’t what’s in the bill or anything else we’ve discussed. The real threat arises if we DO...
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The Economics and Politics of Social Democracy: A Reconsideration — Servaas Storm

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Weekend reading. Brave New Europe The Economics and Politics of Social Democracy: A Reconsideration Servaas Storm
Thursday, May 14, 2020

Party of Science

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Alleges via the figurative language of sarcasm the Artist James Woods.... “Party of science” pic.twitter.com/rEvsQHKRBW — James Wood...
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Is China still a communist country?

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Zero Hedge — World's Largest Shipper Warns Of Collapsing Volumes, Dashes Hope For V-Shaped Recovery

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A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, the world's largest container line, warned Wednesday that global trade will continue to falter with volumes dec...

70% of Russians Have Savings, while 70% of Americans Live Paycheck to Paycheck — Jon Hellevig,

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70% of Russians have savings, that will see them through 1- 2 months without other income. In the US, on the contrary, 70% have virtually n...
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RT — Beijing signals harsh counter-sanctions for US lawmakers & STATES targeting China over Covid-19 outbreak

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The gloves are coming off. RT Beijing signals harsh counter-sanctions for US lawmakers & STATES targeting China over Covid-19 outbr...

Wikipedia : A Disinformation Operation? [UPDATE: Virgil Griffith, Aaron Swartz & Lockerbie] — Ludwig De Braeckeleer

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Interesting. Intel Today Wikipedia : A Disinformation Operation? [UPDATE: Virgil Griffith, Aaron Swartz & Lockerbie] Ludwig De Braecke...
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Caitlin Johnstone — Biden Can’t Return Things To Normal, Because Trump Is A Normal US President. That’s The Problem.

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Yep again. Trump's "sin" is his being upfront about what's going done. Caitlin Johnstone — Rogue Journalist Biden Can’t ...

Rutger Bregman - The neoliberal era is ending. What comes next?

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The best article I've read for a long while. It lifted my spirits in these gloomy times. In a crisis, what was once unthinkable c...