China’s Japanification | Financial Times

The biggest question in global macroeconomics at the moment is whether China is on the cusp of a “balance sheet recession”. This sexy bit of economic jargon was first coined by Nomura’s Richard Koo to describe Japan’s lost decade(s), but is most commonly known as “Japanification”. It can be described simply as a protracted period […]

Show Me the Man and I’ll Find You the Crime

The famous statement attributed to Lavrentiy Beria, Stalin’s secret police chief (“Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime”), is the paradigmatic example of what the rule of law is not. Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s chief of staff, was charged in Georgia with participation in a criminal enterprise. The prosecutor, Fani Willis, used […]

Links 8/18/2023 | naked capitalism

Underwater molecular barter (press release) NewsWise. “‘Eat or be eaten’ is not always the way things are in nature.” Iowa skipper butterfly ‘canary in coal mine’: A warning sign of prairie loss consequences for farmers, wildlife alike Investigate Midwest Venture capital funds are mostly just wasting their time and your money FT Alphaville. The deck: […]

China’s economic model is ‘washed up on the beach’

The sunset glow is seen over buildings and a ferris wheel on May 13, 2022 in Beijing, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s economic model is “washed up on the beach” and “not going to take off again,” which will have a big impact on global markets, says veteran investor David […]

Judge Howell’s Most Outrageous Order By Any Judge In History

  District Court Judge in Washington DC, Beryl Alaine Howell,  is clearly out to get Trump and imprison him to interfere with the 2024 election. This person will most likely contribute to the separatist movement and the collapse of the United States. She was also the judge supervising the grand jury for special counsel Robert […]