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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Bill Mitchell — It is a syndemic not a pandemic – broader policies are needed

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There was an article in The Lancet from its editor (September 26, 2020) – Offline: COVID-19 is not a pandemic – which questioned the “narro...
Monday, January 25, 2021

Major Chinese cities plan large-scale tests of digital currency in 2021 — Global Times

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Industry observers said that these plans by China's first-tier cities send a clear signal that DCEP will be subject to large-scale testi...
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UN agency reports China surpassed US in foreign direct investments in 2020 — Justine Coleman

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The U.N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) concluded that China became the largest FDI receiver last year over the U.S., with flo...
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Pentagon Report Points to Two Major Risks to National Security: Consolidation and Shareholder Capitalism — Asher Schechter

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A Pentagon report released earlier this month warns that concentrated supply chains, offshoring, and a “business climate that has favored sh...
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Lars P. Syll — Mainstream economics — a waste of time on a staggering scale

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Why models fail. As a philosophy professor, I taught logic and critical thinking as part of the introductory course. This involved a cursory...
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Sunday, January 24, 2021

Bill Mitchell — IMF actions in Ecuador expose its venal motivations

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There is clearly confusion among mainstream economists as the fractures in their paradigm are being revealed on an almost daily basis. And t...
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The Kremlins Aren't Falling - But Relations with the US Are — Anatoly Karlin

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Update on the "color revolution" in Russia. (Not.) The Unz Review The Kremlins Aren't Falling - But Relations with the US Are...

Four Ways Biden Can Boost the Global Economy — Jayati Ghosh

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The US is nowhere near as economically dominant as it was even a decade ago. Yet President-elect Joe Biden can take several relatively simpl...
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Slouching Toward Post-Journalism — Martin Gurri

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The New York Times and other elite media outlets have openly embraced advocacy over reporting.... The opposite of censorship, which amounts ...
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Sputnik — CFR Says Trump Was Right to Press China on Trade, Urges Biden to Do the Same in Concert With Allies

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Confronting China is easier said than done. That vessel has already put to sea. The problem is that no one knows just what to do that could ...
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Sputnik — Russian Space Chief Banned on Facebook Over Online Spat With Former US Envoy

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Censorship watch. Facebook has banned Dmitry Rogozin's account after the head of Russia's Roscosmos space agency wrote a post critic...
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The One Big Problem With A Central Asian Energy Corridor — Alan Mammoser

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Update on Pipelinestan, here largely natural gas. It's all about controlling territory and both stocks and flows of resources with some ...
Saturday, January 23, 2021

I Wouldn't Even Post About It. — Andrei Martyanov

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 The color revolution in Russia and maidan in Moscow that wasn't. Reminiscence of the Future I Wouldn't Even Post About It. Andrei M...
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Zero Hedge — Taiwan Reports 13 Incursions By Chinese Air Force In One Day

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Upping the ante. Zero Hedge Taiwan Reports 13 Incursions By Chinese Air Force In One Day Tyler Durden
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Corporate Media’s Leaked Chinese Documents Confirm China Didn’t Hide Covid-19 — Joshua Cho

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Weekend reading. Longish and detailed. FAIR — Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting Corporate Media’s Leaked Chinese Documents Confirm China D...
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World Economic Forum — Who’s who at Davos Agenda Week 2021

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More than 2,000 leaders will join the virtual Davos Agenda under the theme of "A Crucial Year to Rebuild Trust” from 25 - 29 January. T...

Zero Hedge — A Large US Military Convoy Rolled Into Syria On 1st Day Of Biden Presidency

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That didn't take long. Zero Hedge A Large US Military Convoy Rolled Into Syria On 1st Day Of Biden Presidency Tyler Durden
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Ray McGovern — Daniel Lazare and I Go Hot and Heavy on Biden-Russia

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Are there straws in the wind that Biden my be able to create a more decent relationship with Russia? I say Yes; Dan says No. A wager of $.25...
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With Kamala Harris, Americans Yet Again Have Trouble Understanding What Multiracial Means — Jennifer Ho

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There are some key terms in demographics that apply to the current US in particular, but also the UK through the British Empire and to some ...
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Paris-gate

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  Here we go again.... This is just like when recently the Art degree left literally thought Trump meant that illegals were riding across th...
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Now Even the QAnon Shaman Disowns Trump: I Was Duped

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 Trump didn't pardon him. He must feel very let down because he probably felt a lot of loyalty for Trump. And the protestors were probab...
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Facebook purges left-wing pages and individuals

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The accounts broke no rules and no reason was given for deleting the them.   On Friday, Facebook carried out a purge of left-wing, antiwar a...
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Friday, January 22, 2021

MMT Is Already Helping — Pavlina R. Tcherneva

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I was looking forward to reading Doug Henwood’s piece and the chance to respond to what I was sure to be a hard-hitting analytical critique...

The crisis of American power: How Europeans see Biden’s America — Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard

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Our survey showed that Europeans’ attitudes towards the United States have undergone a massive change. Majorities in key member states now t...
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New Covid-19 strain may be more lethal, Robert Peston learns

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Alarming news!  The worrying news is that although treatments for Covid-19 have improved, the new strain does seem to be more lethal. "...

Newly declassified documents, the British saw Trump as their "main opponent"

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Donald Trump’s presidency would do unmitigated damage to the U.S./U.K 'special relationship,' would be absolutely hostile to British...

Heisenberger Report — Here’s An Idea: Put People To Work & Print Money To Pay Them

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Job guarantee, but no mention of sources. Heisenberger Report Here’s An Idea: Put People To Work & Print Money To Pay Them  
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Fauci says it's 'liberating' working under Biden — Jonathan Easley

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I can tell you I take no pleasure at all in being in a situation of contradicting the president, so it was really something that you didn’t ...

McConnell, Heavily Funded by Wall Street, Is Blocking Seating of Democrats as Senate Committee Chairs — Pam and Russ Martens

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Finance capital rules! Wall Street On Parade McConnell, Heavily Funded by Wall Street, Is Blocking Seating of Democrats as Senate Committee ...
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Australians could soon be deprived of Google’s ubiquitous search engine, with the web behemoth threatening to cut off service should lawmake...