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Aug 04 2025 
Economics that everyone should know (brought forward)
We’ve had economic discussions on the site over the past week. One of our commentators mentioned that we need a short course. It is not easy. For my two years of university studies in economics, I still jokingly threaten to ask for my student fees back, because it was worthless. I know Colin Maxwell has… Continue reading
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Jul 22 2025 
Michael Hudson – “Trump, China, AI, and the Untold History of Economics,” : Lecture interview with Robinson Erhard
This is a long lecture. The first 45 minutes of the video contains the summary.
I would suggest to copy it and then print it to a pdf or an epub and read it as if you would read a history book. Fascinating. Michael has said this before, but now he has… Continue reading
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Apr 25 2025 
China, Hong Kong and The Art of Blinking
Captain Chaos definitely does not have the cards – which as even South Pacific penguins know, are all made in China.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
SHANGHAI and HONG KONG – So, predictably, Captain Chaos did blink first. As much as he – and his sprawling media circus – could not possibly admit it.
It all… Continue reading
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Apr 03 2025 
How Trump’s Tariff Tizzy is Burning Down the House
Global Majority, rejoice! And step on the high-speed rail de-dollarization train.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
Circus ringmaster Trump’s Tariff Tizzy (TTT), christened by himself as “Liberation Day”, is being largely interpreted around the world – Global North and Global South alike – as Slaughterhouse Day.
This de facto uncontrolled economic demolition gambit starts with… Continue reading
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Jan 08 2025 
The currency message from BRICS leaders
To speak of BRICS is to speak of the future but build it today, step by step.
To calm shattered nerves in the west, the message is out: BRICS is not floating a new currency; BRICS is providing alternative economic structures and systems (and currencies) to trade with one another.
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided a… Continue reading
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May 27 2024 
Economics: China selling US bonds : WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Enjoy, this is from Dr Kwan Lee from our China Writer’s Group:
And another:
DE-DOLLARIZATION : The Chinese Are Dumping Banks for setting up A NEW FINANCIAL SYSTEM in order to create a more inclusive World Order
DE-DOLLARIZATION is much more than bilateral currency swaps, much more than cross-border digital currency for global trade, much more than barter… Continue reading
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May 22 2024 
eCONomics Discussion Thread 22 May ’24
eCONomics Discussion Thread
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May 21 2024 
Small Menu Changes
Our Colin from New Zealand now has his own menu page. It is called Economics, as you could think yes lol.
It is on the main menu and leads here:
Each of Colin’s submissions are there in a whole state and comments are underneath each one, as is usual. This page is simply a container… Continue reading
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May 04 2024 
eCONomics Part VI: Money Creation and CBDCs
“.. the tools of the banking establishment .. utterly shrouded in mystery for the best part of 5000 years” .. now exposed and rejected .. have hitched their wagon to another lame horse: the XC Model (global CBDC “One Ring to Rule them All” with IMF as middleman). Yeah right, keep dreaming Losers!
With thanks to… Continue reading
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Apr 11 2024 
eCONomics Part V: IN THE YEAR 2024 IF MAN IS STILL ALIVE
.. enter the ‘Cuban’ missile crisis, only this time it’s on steroids
With thanks to our own Colin Maxwell of New Zealand.
Please see: Part 1 ; Part 2 ; Part 3 ; Part 4
NB – AN EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS/TERMS/ETC used in the article are listed at the end of this discussion piece.
1. IntroductionMy sincere apologies for… Continue reading
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Mar 12 2024 
eCONomics Part IV: Interest Rates Manipulation
In this part: Interest rates manipulation as a way of tackling inflation — one of the most shocking financial scams of all time; plus an update on de-dollarisation and No Plan B for Uncle $laughter
With thanks to our own Colin Maxwell of New Zealand.
Please see: Part 1 ; Part 2 ; Part 3
Introduction
It should be… Continue reading
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Feb 29 2024 
eCONomics Part III: Banking 2.0
A New Global Trade Currency Paradigm and the End of the Era of Dominant Western-based Fiat Currencies
With thanks to our own Colin Maxwell of New Zealand.
Please read in order: Part 1 ; Part 2
Preamble
My apologies in advance to the vibrant GS community for Part III being so wordy. I have really struggled with this task,… Continue reading -
Feb 09 2024 
eCONomics Part II: Solutions to the Western Train Wreck
For GlobalSouth.co by our Colin from New Zealand
Solutions Unearthed by a Tale of Two Economies
A SEQUEL TO PART 1 – ‘The Western Train Wreck’ – and an effort to promote a solution orientated discussion
It seems that what I regard as an extremely important book , Scott Andrew Smith’s, ‘A Tale Of Two Economies’ released in… Continue reading
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Jan 30 2024 
eCONomics Part I: The Western Train Wreck
For GlobalSouth.co by our Col from New Zealand
Western eCONomists and the train wreck they cheerlead
If eCONomists took the time to read and understand the allegory within Baum’s book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”, then IMO they would learn more about fixing the broken Western financial system than from all of the current neo-classical textbook tripe… Continue reading
