Category Archives: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Is the UK Facing Another Financial Crisis?
Is the UK facing another financial crisis? (3 graphs) November 20, 2014 from Steve Keen Taken at face value, David Cameron’s warning this week about risks in the global economy sounds like it might be wonderfully prescient. Here’s the country’s economic chauffeur, carefully checking … Continue reading
Germany (Frankfurt) Begins First European Direct Settlements in Chinese Yuan
Germany (Frankfurt) Begins First European DIRECT SETTLEMENTS in CHINESE YUAN Post Categories: Canada RT | Tuesday, November 18, 2014, 23:29 Beijing European companies now have the opportunity to settle trading accounts in Chinese yuan. The Bank of China in … Continue reading
Jim Rogers: America is the Largest Debtor Nation in History; Invest in Russia
Jim Rogers: America is the Largest Debtor Nation in History. Invest in Russia Post Categories: Economy Jim Rogers | Tuesday, November 18, 2014, 18:06 Beijing Financial big cheese Jim Rogers bets big on Russia, scoffs at US policy towards Moscow … Continue reading
Russia’s Vulnerability to the EU-US Sanctions & Military Encroachments
Russia’s Vulnerability to the EU–US Sanctions & Military Encroachments Post Categories: Canada James Petras | Wednesday, November 12, 2014, 4:27 Beijing Introduction The US-EU sponsored coup in the Ukraine and its conversion from a stable Russian trading partner, to a … Continue reading
MSE (“Mainstream” Economics) What is “True” is not New, What is “New” is not True: Abraham Lincoln and the Road to Despotism
Abraham Lincoln and the road to despotism November 14, 2014 from David Ruccio It is a glaring omission in his otherwise remarkable discussion of the relationship between Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln, An Unfinished Revolution, that Robin Blackburn neither discusses nor does he include … Continue reading
Princeton Makes it Official: USA Has Become [Was Founded?] an Oligarchy, No Democracy
Princeton Makes IT Official: USA Has Become Oligarchy, NO DEMOCRACY Post Categories: Canada F. William Engdahl | Wednesday, November 12, 2014, 13:44 Beijing American media is fond of speaking about “Russian Oligarchs” as if Russia were the only nation that … Continue reading
Rethinking Economics Pedagogy and Textbooks: WEA Approach
Rethinking economics pedagogy and textbooks: the new WEA online platform November 5, 2014 from Maria Alejandra Madi and the WEA Pedagogy Blog In 2011, Edward Fullbrook, writing on Toxic Textbooks, pointed out that “No discipline has ever experienced systemic failure on the scale that economics … Continue reading