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Dean Baker | Think Trump’s 45 Percent Tariffs Are Bad? Try Obama’s 10,000 Percent Tariffs
We do face a very real threat of protectionism, but it is in the form of the Obama administration pushing for stronger patent protections in the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Coal Plants Risk Global Water Shortage
The Yellow River finds itself at the centre of a battle for resources, with the area struggling to keep up with demand from the coal sector.
Economic Update: Choosing Your Struggles
This episode provides updates on the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates, and more.
Economic Update: Economic Change, Economic Disorder
This episode provides updates on China, and more.
In Pivot to Asia, US Military Reinforces Its Foothold in the Pacific
China's increasing naval power in the Asia-Pacific worries the US military establishment, as it could upset US naval hegemony.
William Rivers Pitt | Christmas in the Form of a Dream
Daddy, is Santa Claus real? Yes, dear, just as real as capitalism.
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Capitalism – Not China – Is to Blame for the Current Global Economic Decline
The cause of global economic decline is the capitalist contradiction that can no longer be postponed by credit extension.
Seventy Years After Hiroshima, Will an India-Japan Nuclear Deal Set Back Global Nonproliferation Efforts?
An India-Japan nuclear agreement would be the final seal of approval for a nuclear weapons state outside the NPT.
Silk Roads, Night Trains and the Third Industrial Revolution in China
China is turbo charging toward a third industrial revolution. What does Washington think of this?
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US Bases in the East China Sea Are Creating an Arms Race
It is time for the US to vacate its overseas bases and engage in purely peaceful diplomatic, labor, and trade relations.