Those who conform, go with the flow, and say little in opposition rise to the top. Those who are not yet sufficiently conformist are corrupted. A great deal of lobbying is carried out to bring members of parliament into line and make them vote the way they want them to. Then the revolving door starts…

Conversation opened. 1 read message. Skip to contentUsing Gmail with screen readers 18 of 1,025 Quora on tariffs Inbox Marc Batko <marc1seed@gmail.com> 6:01 AM (6 hours ago) to me, Bill Mike Fink·Lives in Miami, Portland, Pittsburgh (1976–present)Apr 21Did Trump not have a clue that countries would retaliate and hurt theUSA economy and cause inflation? Did he…

The President of the United States has set fire to the global tradingsystem and is now sitting back, seemingly calm in the face of theconflagration that has engulfed the global economy.Donald Trump’s actions show that he has not really understood how dangerous his attempt to change the world order is. The Trump shock: How should…

Free market doctrine aims to liberate the economy from government “interference”, but Polanyi challenges the very idea that markets and governments are separate and autonomous entities. Government action is not some kind of “interference” in the autonomous sphere of economic activity; there simply is no economy without government rules and institutions. The free market is…

It is conceivable that capitalism 2.0 will conserve natural resources more than it has done in the centuries since the First Industrial Revolution, and that patriarchy will come to an end. As long as it continues to exist, however, the following will remain, even under these changed conditions: profit maximization, periodic overaccumulation, crises, and wars.…

How the Media Walked us into Autocracy (w/ Ralph Nader) | The Chris Hedges ReportThe Chris Hedges YouTube Channel3/20 – 57 minhttps://youtu.be/oQZuzIzY8YQ?t=29

by Michael Hudson, 4/14/2025 Without restructuring the rentier financialized economy to move it back toward the original business plan of industrial capitalism,…his program will fail to re-industrialize America. Indeed, it threatens to push the U.S. economy into depression – for 90 percent of the population, that is. Trump’s Inverted View of America’s Tariff Historyby Michael…

The international financial markets have already reacted: stock prices plunged worldwide, as did gas and oil prices – the latter despite an unchanged supply situation. The 15% decline within a few days indicates that the markets are expecting a decline in demand – in other words, a global recession. All the tariffs were reduced to…

In no man’s landDemocracy is in upheaval, old certainties are dissolving, and the outlines of a new, more humane world are not yet visible. “The secret of change lies not in fighting the past, but in directing all energy towards building the new” (Socrates). Why is it that party politics often fails on issues that…

Ukraine War: Who is Responsible for this Catastrophe? By: Klaus-Dieter Kolenda [This article posted on 3/25/2025 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://globalbridge.ch/ukraine-krieg-wer-ist-fuer-diese-katastrophe-verantwortlich/.] Political scientists Benjamin Abelow, John Mearsheimer and Glenn Diesen and economist Jeffrey Sachs explain why the US and the West bear the main responsibility. The war in Ukraine, which has…