Friday, August 29, 2025
Is Washington Trying to Build a “Coalition of the Willing” Against Venezuela?
Second question: does the “supposed” Cartel de los Soles actually exist?
“Forcing Zelensky to Hand Putin Ukraine’s ‘Fortress Belt’ in Donetsk Will Lose It the War”
While some Western pundits are starting to acknowledge Ukraine’s dire condition, large amounts of porcine maquillage are also being applied.
Trump’s Impact on the Financial Sector and Global Dollar System
A wide-ranging review of how unccordinated Trump policies undermine the dollar and the international banking system, and even each other.
Haiti Is Not a Failed Country; It Has Been Broken. Now Erik Prince Wants to Fix It.
Haiti’s “manufactured chaos” is the result of foreign intervention in connivance with the country’s oligarchic elites. Erik Prince’s mercenaries will not fix it; they will only make it worse.
Satyajit Das: Weakening Bank Regulations Will Make the Next Financial Crisis Worse
Pressured by banks, US and European officials are loosening regulations to prevent another 2008 which will have predictable consequences
Trump’s Intel Move Looks Like Performance, Not Policy
Yves here. It is remarkable how Trump seems to need to have his name in the hot lights, um, the headlines, all the time and is able to do so. Admittedly, liking bold gestures for their own sake, as opposed to whether they make any sense, helps by giving way more degrees of freedom. As […]
Trumpian Tariffs Rerun the Failed Strategy of Import Substitution Industrialization
Trump’s use of broad-based tariffs to promote industrialization have repeatedly failed. There’s no reason to expect different results now.
Coffee Break: The Political Blender Is Throwing Up Some Odd Alliances
In 2025 we are witnessing a political blender: the collapse of old political alliances and the emergence of new coalitions.
Should We Try to Prevent Autism?
Advocates for those with austism debate the value of prevention versus better care and support.
Is American Science Stuck in a Doom Loop?
The American scientific community is in a difficult place. I started my first job in an academic research laboratory (funded by the Energy Research and Development Administration and the National Science Foundation) in 1975, which somehow was fifty years ago when I was the youngest person in the laboratory instead of the oldest. I have […]
The President’s “Firing” of Lisa Cook Is Illegal
Georgetown law professor Adam Levitin eviscerates the purported Trump case for removal of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook.
The New Currency War: US Stablecoin-China Digital Yuan Rivalry as a Test of Monetary Discipline
How the US stablecoin/digital yuan arms race creates instability risks and undermines monetary sovereignity around the world.
