Why Borrowers on China’s Belt and Road Will Go From Euphoria to Depression

Why Borrowers on China’s Belt and Road Will Go From Euphoria to Depression

Until very recently, the dusty African territory of Djibouti was best known to the wider world for its inhabitants’ habit of chewing khat. Each day, as the heat of the afternoon mounts, the men of Djibouti gather in sociable groups, wad a few leaves of the East African shrub Catha edulis into their cheeks, and…

A Curious Incident Part IV

A Curious Incident Part IV

Part I may be found here. Part II may be found here. Part III may be found here. “It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.” Sherlock Holmes Theresa May and the Dodgy Statement to Parliament On…

America’s Troll Farm Media

America’s Troll Farm Media

Despite all the smoke and mirrors, most Americans seem to see where the stenographers of corporate capitalism are taking us. A recent Gallup poll found that while 84% of Americans see media as “critical” or “very important” to democracy, only 28% see the corporatist mainstream news media (MSM) as actually supporting democracy. They’re right on…