Category Archives: Real World Economics
Non-Dollar Trading Killing Petrodollar and the Foundation of the U.S.-Saudi Policy in the Middle East and Beyond
Non-Dollar Trading Killing Petrodollar and the Foundation of the U.S.-Saudi Policy in the Middle East and Beyond Post Categories: Israel | Wednesday, December 31, 2014, 5:43 Beijing BEIRUT — A profound transformation of the global monetary system is underway. It … Continue reading
How Change Is Stymied: Change for the Better, IF It Comes, Will Come from Economic Collapse
How Change Is Stymied: Change for the Better, IF It Comes, Will Come from Economic Collapse Post Categories: Canada Paul Craig Roberts | Wednesday, December 17, 2014, 15:41 Beijing The gangsters who run the US financial system have determined opponents. … Continue reading
The US Led Drug War in Afghanistan Failed
25.12.2014 Author: Vladimir Odintsov The US Led Drug War in Afghanistan Failed Column: Politics Region: Central Asia Country: Afghanistan According to the latest reports opium poppy cultivation rates are growing consistently in Afghanistan, over the last year they have increased … Continue reading
Economic Realism
Economic Realism December 27, 2014peterradford from Peter Radford Lars Syll seems to have started a perpetual conversation when he posted a comment about Tony Lawson’s longstanding complaints about realism in economics. I don’t want to get dragged into what appears … Continue reading
Russian Roulette: Taxpayers Could Be on the Hook for Trillions in Oil Derivatives
Russian Roulette: Taxpayers Could Be on the Hook for Trillions in Oil Derivatives Post Categories: Canada Ellen Brown | Tuesday, December 23, 2014, 14:22 Beijing The sudden dramatic collapse in the price of oil appears to be an act of … Continue reading
Thoughts on Teaching Economics After the Crash
Thoughts on “Teaching Economics After the Crash” https://medium.com/@WhelanKarl/thoughts-on-teaching-economics-after-the-crash-50fa61a40629 This is a long post on the state of economics and how it is taught to undergraduates. The world is not crying out for another such discussion, so blame Tony Yates, via … Continue reading
The Incompetence of Economic Policy Makers: Why U.S. Women are Leaving the Labor Force
The incompetence of economic policy makers: why U.S. women are leaving the labor force December 15, 2014deanbaker1Leave a commentGo to comments from Dean Baker The NYT seems intent on hiding the elephant in the living room. Yesterday it gave us a … Continue reading