By Lambert Strether of Corrente. As readers know, I stan for nasal vaccines and mucosal immunity generally. So now that I’m sure I’m not gonna stroke out, I’m writing this…
In a rare turn up for the books, the head of state of Latin America’s largest economy just accused the country’s richest billionaire of engaging in blatant accounting fraud. In…
By Peter Claeys, Visiting Professor at the Department of Economics of the College of Europe, and the Universiteit Gent, Béatrice Dumont, Professor of economics at Sorbonne University Paris and Director…
Yves here. Below is a an example of narrative control, China flavored. The article starts by depicting Taiwan as independent, when only 13 countries recognize Taiwan and the US is…
Ben McWilliams, Simone Tagliapietra, Georg Zachmann, and Thierry Deschuyteneer. Originally published at Bruegel. The European Union has so far weathered the energy crisis brought on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in…
Serbia has resisted various forms of pressure since NATO began its war against Russia in Ukraine and remains the only European country refusing to join in Western sanctions on Russia.…
Yves here. Get a cup of coffee. This is a meaty talk, hosted by Danny Haiphong, on the economic and geopolitical effects of the war in Ukraine. One place where…
Yves here. Consumer marketers regularly claim that trends in America often start in California and then get taken up in the rest of the country. As the article describes, California…
By Iain Boyd, professor of aerospace engineering sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. Originally published at The Conversation. The U.S. military shot down what U.S. officials called a Chinese…
By Conor Gallagher “If Russia does not end this war and get out of Ukraine, it will be isolated on a small island with a bunch of sub countries and…