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Jun 25 2024 BRICS+ Cities Unite in Kazan
200 heads of municipalities from 21 countries met at the Forum of Cities of the BRICS+ Countries in the Russian city of Kazan, ushering in a new era of cooperation.
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
The idea, by Kazan mayor Ilsur Metshin, was as simple as quite revolutionary. Why not profit from the year of the Russian… Continue reading -
Mar 01 2024 The Rocky Road to Dedollarization
An Interview with Sergei Glazyev, guru extraordinaire of multipolar geoeconomics… ‘the dogs bark — the Caravan of the Global Juggernaut moves on‘
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
Very few people in Russia and across the Global South are as qualified as Sergei Glazyev, an academic with a prominent role within the Eurasia Economic Union (EAEU), to speak… Continue reading -
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 17 2024 Defusing the Derivatives Time Bomb
The “protected class” is granted “safe harbor” only because their bets are so risky that to let them fail could crash the economy. But why let them bet at all?
by Ellen Brown at the ScheerPost.
This is a sequel to a Jan. 15 article titled “Casino Capitalism and the Derivatives Market: Time for Another ‘Lehman Moment’?”,… Continue reading -
Feb 15 2024 Real-Life Economic Solutions
Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss realistic alternatives to the neoliberal model of financialization, and tangible policies to build a productive, sustainable economy.
Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson at The Geopolitical Economy Hour
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RADHIKA DESAI: Hello, and welcome to the 22nd Geopolitical Economy Hour, the show that examines the fast-changing political and geopolitical economy of our times.… Continue reading
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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