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The Black Death Killed Feudalism. What Does COVID-19 Mean for Capitalism?
The Black Death Killed Feudalism. What Does COVID-19 Mean for Capitalism? How will the coronavirus transform the relationship between state and market? A look at oil, food, and finance. Shutterstock You pay little attention to the systems of your body — circulatory, digestive, pulmonary — unless something goes wrong. These automatic systems ordinarily go about […]
How Xi Jinping will Save the World from Coronavirus
How Xi Jinping will Save the World from Coronavirus In 1349, when Black Death was ravaging Europe, many of the day’s best and brightest banded together in pursuit of a common cure. They had little choice. Black Death was rapidly spreading across the continent. Nothing could stop it. Boils were lanced with precision. Blood was […]
Is Another Black Death on the Way?
IS ANOTHER BLACK DEATH ON THE WAY? Plagues from the east are nothing new. The Black Death and other epidemics arrived in Europe from China during the 1300’s, killing a large percentage of its population. Much of this pestilence came from rats that stowed away on merchant ships coming from the east. At the end […]
Why A Flu Outbreak In China Can Spook Global Markets
Why A Flu Outbreak In China Can Spook Global Markets When people talk about empires of the past, they generally mean Rome and Britain. But the biggest and in some ways most interesting empire was built and run by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries. At it’s peak it stretched from China to […]
2019 is Breaking All Records for Cold – The Real Threat is a Global Freeze
2019 is Breaking All Records for Cold – The Real Threat is a Global Freeze QUESTION: Global cooling….you talk a lot about global cooling in the colder winter this year. But what effect does it have on the future summer temperatures and growing of crops? GL ANSWER: This type of climate change has the potential to be […]
Officials Warn: Airborne Black Death Epidemic Could ‘Explode’
Officials Warn: Airborne Black Death Epidemic Could ‘Explode’ The bubonic plague outbreak that is taking Madagascar to its knees will more than likely last another six months. But the worst news is that the epidemic could explode anytime unleashing the sickness on the globe. At least 128 people have been killed and more than 1,300 […]
Plague is Starting in Africa
Plague is Starting in Africa Panic has ensued in Madagascar where a recent outbreak of the plague has claimed the lives of at least 24 people. Prime Minister Olivier Mahafaly Solonandrasana has announced a ban on all public gatherings and demonstrations in effect until the outbreak can be contained. The plague is a deadly disease caused […]
The Great “Fake News” Scare of 1530
The Great “Fake News” Scare of 1530 Fake news has always been around for humor purposes, but the real “fake news” scares happen when the establishment is so used to getting away with lying, that any alternate narrative is demonized as factually false, irresponsible, and dangerous. “The Onion” was next to “The Economist” in the […]
