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What One of My Favorite Dogs Taught Me About You, Me, And the Future of Human Civilization Where Happiness Comes From, Why We’re So Unhappy, And Why It Matters By umair haque – Nov 12, 2022 This is going to … Continue reading
Posted in LIFE v money
Tagged civilization, dogs, happiness, LIFE v money, relationships, rich people, Umair Haque
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100 Years of Chatham House: A Century in the Service of Empire Inderjeet Parmar and Shihui Yin – 01/OCT/2020 The authority of the liberal international order that grew out of imperial-internationalism, and further embedded Western power in world affairs, is … Continue reading
The Economy Should Serve People. Not Vice Versa. A simple shift in perspective can eradicate our taste for austerity. HAMILTON NOLAN – AUGUST 22, 202 Consider what typically constitutes, “good” economic news: The stock market booming. Corporate earnings rising. Business … Continue reading
It started as a fringe philosophical theory about humanity’s future. It’s now richly funded and increasingly dangerous Continue reading
Posted in Cybersetics and AI
Tagged Elon Musk, existential threat, longtermism, Nick Beckstead, Nick Bostrom, Peter Thiel, Toby Ord, transhumanism
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AUGUST 12, 2022 Talking Sense About “A New American Civil War” RICHARD E. RUBENSTEIN For some time, people who analyze social conflicts have been watching the growth of political and cultural polarization in the U.S. with more than a little … Continue reading
Posted in Economics & Money
Tagged capitalism, civil war, political violence, rigged system
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American Diplomacy As A Tragic Drama By Michael Hudson – July 30, 2022 As in a Greek tragedy whose protagonist brings about precisely the fate that he has sought to avoid, the US/NATO confrontation with Russia in Ukraine is achieving … Continue reading
Posted in US Hegemony
Tagged China, dollar standard, Michael Hudson, NATO, neoliberal policies, Russia, US hegemony
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War With Iran The United States, Saudi Arabia and Israel, responsible for military fiascos, hundreds of thousands of deaths and innumerable war crimes in the Middle East, are now plotting to attack Iran. Chris Hedges – July 15, 2022 The … Continue reading
The End of Western Civilization
THE COLLAPSE OF MODERN CIVILIZATION AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY. By Michael Hudson Paper presented on July 11, 2022 to The Ninth South-South Forum on Sustainability. The greatest challenge facing societies has always been how to conduct trade and credit … Continue reading
Rising Interest Rates May Blow Up The Federal Budget
Rising Interest Rates May Blow Up The Federal Budget – OpEd By Jeff Deist – July 4, 2022 In fiscal year 2020, at the height of covid stimulus mania, Congress managed to spend nearly twice what the federal government raised … Continue reading
TThe Fed’s Austerity Program to Reduce Wages
The Fed’s Austerity Program to Reduce Wages By Michael Hudson Sunday, June 19, 2022 To Wall Street and its backers, the solution to any price inflation is to reduce wages and public social spending. The orthodox way to do this … Continue reading