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This time I reckon the trigger will be in corporate debt.\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom: The Next Recession, April 14, 2019. ╱ About the author \n\n\nMichael Roberts, a marxian economist and author, works in the City of London as an economist and has written extensively on economic "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/9058015617438773068\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2019\/04\/a-delicate-moment.html#comment-form","title":"0 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Will a final deal be reached coming March?\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom: Jack Rasmus, Jan 20 2019. ╱ About the author(+)\n\n\nDr. Jack Rasmus, Ph.D "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/854925376671062795\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2019\/01\/trumps-deja-vu-china-trade-war-part-2.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/854925376671062795"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/854925376671062795"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2019\/01\/trumps-deja-vu-china-trade-war-part-2.html","title":"Trump’s Deja Vu China Trade War (Part 2)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-4U0BjUi5rd4\/XE4nxRbDk2I\/AAAAAAAAEfQ\/XIXha6JR0c8cH2nh6lj5cG-gA7hm8FiBwCLcBGAs\/s72-c\/38254131102_67b587f8b5_o.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892386910911927227.post-4922172718395602963"},"published":{"$t":"2019-01-18T16:42:00.002-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-04-16T03:10:47.487-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Current Affairs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Jack Rasmus"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Unequal World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Trump’s Deja Vu China Trade War (Part I)"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"✑ JACK RASMUS` ╱ ± 21 minutes\n\n\n\n\n Once again, when it suited US interests, the US simply changed the rules of the game.\n\n\n\n\n\nUS trade policy under Trump in 2018, compared with similar US trade offensives under Nixon in the 1970s targeting Europe and Reagan in the 1980s targeting Japan. 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They leave out what's at work behind these forces: politics, trade wars, debt burdens and financial speculation.\n\n\n\n\nOriginally published by JackRasmus.com (Nov 18, 2018)."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/599224650831503016\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/11\/global-oil-price-deflation-2018-beyond.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/599224650831503016"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/599224650831503016"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/11\/global-oil-price-deflation-2018-beyond.html","title":"Global Oil Price Deflation 2018 \u0026 Beyond"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-RUW3iZtGZRw\/W_lyzSjEjDI\/AAAAAAAAD-s\/PDubxkrjX-4q7gTRXgkphG7Nd1U34HIzwCEwYBhgL\/s72-c\/oil%2Bprices.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892386910911927227.post-3459468212790427080"},"published":{"$t":"2018-11-17T06:15:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-05-24T09:55:07.643-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Current Affairs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ideals"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michael Roberts"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Trump"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Socialism and the White House"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n✑ MICHAEL ROBERTS | ± 10 minutes\n\n\n\n\n‟Of course, this is all smoke and mirrors.\n\nThe Trump White House research team has issued a very strange report, purporting to prove that ‘socialism’ and ‘socialist’ policies would be damaging to Americans.\n\n\n\n\nOriginally published by The Next Recession (Oct 27, 2018). \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the author (click)\n\n\nMichael Roberts, a marxian economist and author, works "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/3459468212790427080\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/11\/socialism-and-white-house.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/3459468212790427080"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/3459468212790427080"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/11\/socialism-and-white-house.html","title":"Socialism and the White House"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-1Dhi_OmPRM0\/W_AgwfD29sI\/AAAAAAAAD9g\/Q96s79gqE_kC7A7JjUEAWjJXmhBIhlZQQCLcBGAs\/s72-c\/36802991953_fdad96c57c_h.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892386910911927227.post-6789191125363774255"},"published":{"$t":"2018-11-09T06:16:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-06-30T05:52:33.667-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Current Affairs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"History"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Trump"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Unequal World"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"William G. 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It is critical that we distinguish this from Trump’s right-wing nationalist embrace of tariffs.\n\n\n\n\nOriginally published by Dollars \u0026 Sense (Sept.\/Oct., 2018).\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/6789191125363774255\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/11\/trump-is-giving-protectionism-bad-name.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/6789191125363774255"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/6789191125363774255"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/11\/trump-is-giving-protectionism-bad-name.html","title":"Trump Is Giving Protectionism a Bad Name"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-ob0d7XyxBbQ\/W-IS0S01LdI\/AAAAAAAAD6s\/qrDV6Tb2m2YIbMvuWxacLZKRtcv2gRD-wCEwYBhgL\/s72-c\/Mr_Donald_Trump_New_Hampshire_Town_Hall_on_August_19th%252C_2015_at_Pinkerton_Academy%252C_Derry%252C_NH_by_Michael_Vadon_04.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892386910911927227.post-6587256643468801404"},"published":{"$t":"2018-11-02T03:20:00.003-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-04-16T02:54:46.952-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Big Banks \u0026 Finance"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Current Affairs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Doug Henwood"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Fascists are Good for Stocks"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\n✑ DOUG HENWOOD | ± 3 minutes\n\n\n\n‟What’s the spilling of blood when there’s money to be made?\n\nIn Mexico, AMLO promises rather mild reforms, and investors panic. In Brazil, Bolsonaro promises to destroy the left and shower big business with favors, and investors celebrate.\n\n\n\n\nOriginally published by LBO News from Doug Henwood (Oct. 30, 2018). \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the author (click)\n\n\nDoug Henwood is an"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/6587256643468801404\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/11\/fascists-are-good-for-stocks.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/6587256643468801404"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/6587256643468801404"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/11\/fascists-are-good-for-stocks.html","title":"Fascists are Good for Stocks"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-3GvFt_Q8JaA\/W9wlYddX8RI\/AAAAAAAAD5I\/RmES7e4Qql4GzoeBK1GX8UTqjQqu56V3gCLcBGAs\/s72-c\/brazilvsmexico.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892386910911927227.post-173890505967559509"},"published":{"$t":"2018-11-02T03:20:00.002-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-09-23T00:56:51.918-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Big Pharma"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Current Affairs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"David F. 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Most of the paper is dedicated to Medicare for All. We knew this was coming.\n\n\n\n\nOriginally published on Occasional Links \u0026 Commentary (Oct. 29, 2018). \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/173890505967559509\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/11\/red-scare-2018-socialism-and-healthcare.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/173890505967559509"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/173890505967559509"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/11\/red-scare-2018-socialism-and-healthcare.html","title":"Red Scare 2018: Socialism and Healthcare"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-lz7N5es-mxo\/W9j0_ZEHA-I\/AAAAAAAADyU\/Xi23rxAOq_wNQ8DaDNJfc0i3lSU6ZPyigCEwYBhgL\/s72-c\/1024px-Warren_Medicare_for_All_%252836492682584%2529.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892386910911927227.post-5272310710898517069"},"published":{"$t":"2018-10-26T07:52:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-04-16T02:52:31.934-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Big Banks \u0026 Finance"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Current Affairs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tony Norfield"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Finance, Power \u0026 Brexit"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\n✑ (INTERVIEW WITH) TONY NORFIELD | ± 15 minutes\n\n\n\n‟Relative positions in the Index of Power have changed over time and will change further.\n\nAn interview with Tony Norfield by Ideas de Izquierda. On how The City of London achieved its global power and the 'Index of Power' which shows where each country stands in the global system. 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Trump’s tariffs aren’t the answer.\n\n\n\n\n    \n\nOriginally published by In These Times (April 2, 2018). \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the author (click)\n\n\nKaty Fox-Hodess is a lecturer in work, "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/8469686363448629007\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/04\/tariffs-arent-best-way-to-protect-us.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/8469686363448629007"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/8469686363448629007"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/04\/tariffs-arent-best-way-to-protect-us.html","title":"Tariffs Aren’t the Best Way To Protect U.S. Steelworkers. 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However, a true resolution of the land question must be in accordance with the needs of those who work and "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/1940197445073253\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/03\/poor-black-south-africans-are-ready-for.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/1940197445073253"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/1940197445073253"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/03\/poor-black-south-africans-are-ready-for.html","title":"Poor Black South Africans Are Ready For Real Land Reform, But Who Will Benefit?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-kLVngxDIEFQ\/XCeBludTvKI\/AAAAAAAAEOQ\/OCoe3Zjmsco0mVu1vLhYTiuEaotucpCxgCLcBGAs\/s72-c\/BM2.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892386910911927227.post-6696696593404899578"},"published":{"$t":"2018-02-24T03:43:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-04-16T02:20:53.390-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Current Affairs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ideals"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michael Roberts"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Models of Public Ownership"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n✑ MICHAEL ROBERTS | 1,069 words\n\n\n‟Banks, financial sector, strategic industries...no talk of taking over these sectors at the Labour Party conference.\n\n\nThe British Labour Party presented some excellent ideas at its special conference on models of public ownership - from reversing previous privatisations to implementing Universal Basic Services. However, without control of finance and the "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/6696696593404899578\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/02\/models-of-public-ownership.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/6696696593404899578"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/6696696593404899578"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/02\/models-of-public-ownership.html","title":"Models of Public Ownership"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-8Yi0ocPJVvY\/W0h9cbVf-jI\/AAAAAAAADa4\/0fkiOubNl5AuAkgxIGCPvx7VkToIHt_5wCPcBGAYYCw\/s72-c\/MRnew.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892386910911927227.post-1902657351519548498"},"published":{"$t":"2018-02-17T08:21:00.002-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-04-16T02:20:16.257-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Current Affairs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dean Baker"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The News on the Economy: It’s Not What It Should Be"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n✑ DEAN BAKER | 5,268 words\n\n\n\n‟Insofar as the public is ill-informed on economics, much of the blame lies with the reporters and editors.\n\n\nThere are four areas in which economic reporting has failed the public, Dean Baker argued in his Morton L. 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A separate country is an opportunity to cope with unfettered capitalism.\n\n\"The regime's parties, in the hands of the EU\" have dismantled \"social rights, through labour reforms, gag laws, attacks on the Catalan language\". Independence of Catalonia would provide a chance to cope with \""},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/2038540075850559393\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2017\/11\/the-constitutional-process-democratic.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/2038540075850559393"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/2038540075850559393"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2017\/11\/the-constitutional-process-democratic.html","title":"Catalonia: A Democratic Opportunity"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-5pm9rULpNlA\/WgXRq0aMLqI\/AAAAAAAACaU\/KzoN-US3sB4mCNNd4TBZ1udtBWHRsEY-ACLcBGAs\/s72-c\/MVandAN.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892386910911927227.post-1263219632216404065"},"published":{"$t":"2017-11-10T08:37:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-01-29T09:49:58.953-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Catalonia Special"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Current Affairs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vicenç Navarro"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Catalonia: The Problems and Errors of the Independence Movement"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"✑ VICENÇ NAVARRO | 2,824 words\n\n\n╱ Catalonia Special \n\n‟The Catalan working class is not in favour of independence, for several reasons.\n\nPro-independence parties have been debilitating the Left and the \"progressive democratic forces\" of Catalonia and Spain, Navarro argues. What's more, their call for independence \"has never commanded a majority\" as \"social issues were absent from the project of "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/1263219632216404065\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2017\/11\/catalonia-problems-and-errors-of.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/1263219632216404065"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/1263219632216404065"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2017\/11\/catalonia-problems-and-errors-of.html","title":"Catalonia: The Problems and Errors of the Independence Movement"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-W3FYD27wfM8\/Wg8KtrZ0JMI\/AAAAAAAACcI\/vJmeejEcHa8AinkkNttBpagqtMMX9VkPACLcBGAs\/s72-c\/VN2.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892386910911927227.post-4998141237333107169"},"published":{"$t":"2017-10-20T09:07:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-01-29T09:51:03.521-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Big Banks \u0026 Finance"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Current Affairs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michael Roberts"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Puerto Rico: When It Rains, It Pours"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"✑ MICHAEL ROBERTS | 2,265 words\n\n\n\n‟A small island exploited – all at the encouragement of foreign investment banks making huge fees.\n\nHurricane Maria left Puerto Rico devastated, but \"Puerto Rico was faced with bankruptcy even before the hurricane\". The root causes of Puerto Rico's economic weakness; a story of predatory vulture funds, tax scams of multinationals and a US-dominated monitoring "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/4998141237333107169\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2017\/10\/puerto-rico-when-it-rains-it-pours.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/4998141237333107169"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/4998141237333107169"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2017\/10\/puerto-rico-when-it-rains-it-pours.html","title":"Puerto Rico: When It Rains, It Pours"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-TrdZbfaiQ3M\/WkjsKd6IAmI\/AAAAAAAACmo\/7HRZy-p7e4gvnOa-uTULrFFGfNXQkkOGwCLcBGAs\/s72-c\/MR2.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});