Category: Economy

Americans Didn't Need The Original "New Deal" Authored by Laurence Vance via The Future of Freedom Foundation, We have heard much this year about how much the country needs a Green New Deal to reverse the negative effects of climate change, ensure economic security, revamp the nation’s transportation system, restore damaged ecosystems, secure a sustainable …

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Michael Hudson: U.S. Economic Warfare And Likely Foreign Defenses Authored by Michael Hudson via Counterpunch.org, Today’s world is at war on many fronts. The rules of international law and order put in place toward the end of World War II are being broken by U.S. foreign policy escalating its confrontation with countries that refrain from …

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Airbus 'Glitch' That Went Undetected For Years Risked Failure Of Critical In-Flight Systems Boeing’s unprecedented stumble with the 737 MAX 8, along with President Trump’s trade war, have taken a toll on Boeing’s commercial aerospace business, as its Q2 earnings report, released earlier this week, confirmed. And although Airbus, Boeing’s greatest rival, is now the …

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How Will Boris Johnson 'Deliver Brexit'? These Are His Best Options There are 99 days left between now and Oct. 31 – the day the UK is set to leave the European Union. And newly elected Tory leader Boris Johnson (soon to be prime minister, barring some unforeseeable circumstance) will need every one of them …

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Russian Econ Minister Warns, Prepare For Economic Downturn By 2021 With the Russian stock market fading from all-time highs, the Russian economic minister has warned about a severe economic downturn that could start by 2021 amid current declines in personal lending, reported The Moscow Times. Consumer debt loads have exploded due to plunging real disposable …

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New Climate Study Warns London As Hot As Barcelona By 2050 A recent climate change study has found that London’s weather could feel more like Barcelona’s in 2050. Even though that might sound like a dream for Londoners, Statista’s Niall McCarthy notes that the change could be accompanied by severe drought. The research focused on 520 major cities and …

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Europe Faces "Looming Syphilis Epidemic" As 'Hookup' Apps Go Viral The rise of dating apps and falling rates of HIV in the developed world have led to the reemergence of an STD that was, until recently, confined to literary novels from the 19th century. The spread of syphilis in Europe is intensifying, said Andrew Amato-Gauci, …

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New US Pentagon Chief – Vested Interest In War & Conflict Via The Strategic Culture Foundation, Mark Esper is expected to be confirmed in coming days as the new US Secretary of Defense. His appointment is awaiting final Congressional approval after customary hearings this week before senators. The 55-year-old nominee put forward by President Trump …

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It's Un-American To Be Anti-Free Speech: Protect The Right To Criticize The Government Authored by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us? The constitutional theory is that we the people are the sovereigns, …

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Russian Nuclear Reactors Taken Offline In 2nd Serious Incident In Under A Week In a deeply worrisome development related to Russia’s network of ten nuclear power plants nationwide, two of them suffered significant operating incidents in under only one week, causing multiple reactors to be take offline.  Russia’s TASS reported that a “transformer short circuit” at the Kalinin …

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