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Five Academics Who Unleashed the “Demon” of Geopolitical Power
Five Academics Who Unleashed the “Demon” of Geopolitical Power Photo Source pedrik | CC BY 2.0 As Washington’s leadership fades more quickly than anyone could have imagined and a new global order struggles to take shape, a generation of leaders has crowded onto the world stage with their own bold geopolitical visions for winning international […]
The Elite Are Creating An Authoritarian ‘Beast System’, And Those That Dissent Could Lose EVERYTHING
The Elite Are Creating An Authoritarian ‘Beast System’, And Those That Dissent Could Lose EVERYTHING They are transforming the Internet into the greatest tool of surveillance that humanity has ever seen, and if we stay on the road that we are currently on it is only a matter of time until our society becomes a […]
The Ghost of Christmas Present
The Ghost of Christmas Present Apparently one additional world leader turned up in Buenos Aires without fanfare this weekend. The General Secretary of the North Pole, known popularly as Santa Claus, took his latest-model hypersonic sleigh to the G-20 Meeting, and made sure that the global financial elite would find their Christmas stockings stuffed with […]
G20 and the financial war
G20 and the financial war This weekend, the G20 nations meet at Buenos Aires. The most important issue will be America’s use of trade policy, ostensibly to bring an end to China’s unfair trade practices. Rather, it could mark a significant milestone in the cold war against China and drive the global economy into a […]
Comparing China and America: Economies Diverge, Police States Converge
Comparing China and America: Economies Diverge, Police States Converge I have followed China’s development, its stunning advance in forty years from impoverished Third World to a huge economy, its rapid scientific progress. Coming from nowhere it now runs neck and neck with the US in supercomputes, does world-class work in genetic engineering and genomics (the […]
G20 Summit, Top Agenda Item: Bye-Bye American Empire
G20 Summit, Top Agenda Item: Bye-Bye American Empire The G20 summits are nominally about how the world’s biggest national economies can cooperate to boost global growth. This year’s gathering – more than ever – shows, however, that rivalry between the US and China is center stage. Zeroing in further still, the rivalry is an expression […]
Washington is Ramping Up Military Confrontation With Russia and China
Washington is Ramping Up Military Confrontation With Russia and China Photo Source DVIDSHUB | CC BY 2.0 On November 26 the New York Times asserted that “Russia’s seizure [on November 25] of three Ukrainian naval vessels was the first overt armed conflict between the two since 2014, when Russian forces occupied Crimea.” There was no armed conflict in Crimea […]
China Ambassador Warns Of “Dire Consequences” If No Deal, Hints At “All Out” War
China Ambassador Warns Of “Dire Consequences” If No Deal, Hints At “All Out” War Earlier today, Trump’s chief economic advisor Larry Kudlow poured cold water on expectations for an imminent resolution of the US-China trade war when he said that negotiations in the run up to this week’s G-20 talks “haven’t yielded any progress”, and unless something […]
Bipartisan Panel: US Must Prepare for ‘Horrendous,’ ‘Devastating’ War With Russia and China
Bipartisan Panel: US Must Prepare for ‘Horrendous,’ ‘Devastating’ War With Russia and China “None of the distinguished members of the committee arrived at the seemingly obvious conclusion: that maybe the United States should not fight such a war” A bipartisan commission appointed by Congress issued a lengthy report Tuesday backing the Pentagon’s plans to prepare […]
Does the Market Need a Heimlich Maneuver?
Does the Market Need a Heimlich Maneuver? For all we know, the panic selling is Wall Street’s way of forcing the Fed’s hand: stop with the rates increases already or Mr. Market expires. Markets everywhere are gagging on something: they’re sagging, crashing, imploding, blowing up, dropping and generally exhibiting signs of distress. Does the market […]
Does China Have Enough Gold to Move Toward Hard Currency?
Does China Have Enough Gold to Move Toward Hard Currency? Are the Chinese Keynesian? We can be reasonably certain that Chinese government officials approaching middle age have been heavily westernised through their education. Nowhere is this likely to matter more than in the fields of finance and economics. In these disciplines there is perhaps a […]
“A Daisy Chain Of Defaults”: How Debt Cross-Guarantees Could Spark China’s Next Crisis
“A Daisy Chain Of Defaults”: How Debt Cross-Guarantees Could Spark China’s Next Crisis On November 8, China shocked markets with its latest targeted stimulus in the form of an “unprecedented” lending directive ordering large banks to issue loans to private companies to at least one-third of new corporate lending. The announcement sparked a new round […]
“It Will Be A Cold War”: APEC Summit Ends In Unprecedented Chaos After Dramatic US-China Showdown
“It Will Be A Cold War”: APEC Summit Ends In Unprecedented Chaos After Dramatic US-China Showdown One day after vice president Mike Pence and China’s president Xi Jinping clashed after exchanging sharply worded barbs in a showdown between the two superpowers, on Sunday the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit ended in unprecedented chaos and disarray, […]
Trump Claims Victory As Oil Prices Plummet
Trump Claims Victory As Oil Prices Plummet Oil prices are now down over 20 percent from recent highs, and President Trump knows exactly where the credit for that belongs. “If you look at oil prices they’ve come down very substantially over the last couple of months,” President Trump said in a news conference last week. […]
What The Oil Price Collapse Says About The Economy
What The Oil Price Collapse Says About The Economy In Tuesday’s technical update, I discussed the breakdown in the major markets both internationally as well as domestically. Of note, was the massive bear market in China which is currently down nearly 50 percent from its peak. (Click to enlarge) What is important about China, besides […]
