Today I am pleased to present a double feature on economic policy. Michael Hudson leads off with an explanation of economic policy as a social cost to the working class, and I follow up with an explanation that US economic policy is an act of national suicide…
The Oil Glut Is About to Get Even Worse…
With only a week to go before OPEC+ countries start flooding the world’s total oil production with an estimated extra 2.5 million barrels per day (bpd) amid the Covid-19 crisis, building one of the biggest oil supply gluts the world has ever seen, UK operator INEOS has decided to postpone its scheduled maintenance for the […]
Oil Jumps As Fed Pledges “Unlimited” Cash to Bolster the Economy…
Oil prices jumped by 4 percent early on Tuesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve launched on Monday extensive new measures to support the economy as the coronavirus pandemic spreads. But prices slid later in the morning. At 9:34 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, WTI Crude was up 3.98 percent on the day at $24.41, and Brent […]
U.S. Dollar Faces the Threat of Being Displaced by China’s Digital Currency…
From a dictation of a blanket ban on all crypto activities and digital currencies as tools for retail payments, including access to international exchange platforms in 2018, to recent declaration of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) to launch a central bank-backed digital currency (CBDC) by November 11, 2019, China has come a long way. […]
The Rise of the Meta-Criminal…Is the NSA Manipulating the Stock Market?…
The next step in all this spying would naturally involve penetrating trading markets and, using the deep data obtained, manipulate the markets…