Showing posts with label warfare state. Show all posts
Showing posts with label warfare state. Show all posts
Thursday, April 14, 2016

Geopolitical Risk Theater: Russian Jets Buzzed Over a US Destroyer!

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Will a global arms race , inspired by a cauldron of ideology based on economic military keynesianism and the rise of nationalism, financed...
Thursday, April 07, 2016

Charts of the Day: Global Military Spending Soars!

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Brinkmanship geopolitics has prompted a surge in global military spending The Bloomberg reports : Global military spending has begun...
Tuesday, April 05, 2016

Military Keynesianism: Keynes Prescribed War to Solve US Unemployment Problem in 1939

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For vulgar Keynesians, the essence of economics is all about spending...even if it leads to widespread death and destruction. In 1939, ...
Wednesday, January 06, 2016

Quote of the Day: The Saudi Arabian Government is the Ultimate Inspiration and Financial Benefactor of the Islamic State

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A lengthy excerpt from analyst David Stockman from his latest article on the Middle East crisis: The truth is, the long era of the so-c...
Saturday, November 08, 2014

Geopolitical Risk Theater Links: More US Boots on the Ground, NeoCons versus Putin, Saudi Aramco Oil Fire, Proposed Russian Ban on US Dollar

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1 Can’t get enough of Iraq.  Air warfare hasn’t worked, so the POTUS orders more boots on the ground: U.S. to Send 1,500 More Troops to Ira...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

David Stockman: The Ukrainian crisis is the outcome of the mindless 20-year drive of the Warfare State to push an obsolete NATO to the very doorstep of Russia

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The public loves the visible, so they are easily swayed by media who sell political messages by focusing on the visible and the sensational...
Wednesday, September 04, 2013

Oil Prices and The Possible Black Swan Risk from a Syrian War

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Columnist Philip Coggan of the Buttonwood’s Notebook at the Economist writes (registration may be required) that risks from the escalation...
Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Chart of the Day: China’s Defense Spending

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From Reuters (chart included) China will raise military spending by 10.7% this year to 740.6 billion yuan ($119 billion). China’s ...
Saturday, January 19, 2013

How Foreign Interventionism Has Incited West Africa’s Political Woes

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Government operation to free hostages ensnared by an al-Qaeda-linked group in a natural gas plant in a remote area in Southeastern Algeria ...
Friday, December 28, 2012

Quote of the Day: Government Redistribution Tends to Bring Out the Worst in Us

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the creation of wealth is edifying. When only voluntary transactions are permitted, the creation of wealth requires cooperation , and this...
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Drone Warfare: Systematic Mass Killing of Innocents

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It is sad and revolting to see how the recent gruesome shooting spree in Newtown Connecticut had claimed 27 innocent lives mostly children...
Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Video: Revolving Door Relations Between Pentagon and Defense Contractors

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The following inve stigative video is another wonderful example of crony capitalism. This can be seen through the lens of the political ...
Friday, November 23, 2012

The Strategy Behind the US War on Terror: Initiate Terrorism to Justify Overthrow of Governments

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The US foreign policy of the "war on terror" may have been a grand covert scheme engineered to promote the political and economic...