December 22, 2022
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In Ukraine, it’s Patriot vs. Iskander for now
With the Republicans poised to take narrow control of the House of Representatives in the US Congress in January, the Biden Administration is hoping to extract as much funding as possible for the proxy war in Ukraine against Russia before the locus of legislative business shifts on the Hill. The White House is requesting nearly… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 21-22 December 2022
Thursday, 22 December 2022 — The New Dark Age U.S. Congress Prepares To Declare War Against Russia https://orientalreview.org/2022/12/22/u-s-congress-prepares-to-declare-war-against-russia/ America’s 2022 Allocations to Ukraine Total $112 Billion https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/12/americas-2022-allocations-to-ukraine-total-112-billion/ On the first results of the US-Africa Leaders Summit https://journal-neo.org/2022/12/22/on-the-first-results-of-the-us-africa-leaders-summit/ Continue reading
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The Perils of Pious Neoliberalism in the Austerity State: The Fifty-First Newsletter (2022)
The International Labour Organisation’s Global Wage Report 2022–23 tracks the horrendous collapse of real wages for billions of people around the planet. The gaping distance between the incomes and wealth of 99% of the world’s population from the incomes and wealth of the billionaires and near-trillionaires who make up the richest 1% is appalling. During the pandemic,… Continue reading
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Books of the year
Every year at this time, I look back at any books that I have reviewed. I’ll start with Bradford DeLong’s book, Slouching towards Utopia, because this was considered the best economic history book of the year. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 