Author Archives: hanumanchimpster

How embarrassing for a soi-disant educated chimp! A really educated man, Noam Chomsky,  points to it in a recent speech  on the Great Charter. I knew nothing about the Charter of the Forest, and it is a revelation. Read the wikipedia entry: … Continue reading →

UPDATE: I forgot to credit the indefatigable Lambert of Corrente, via Naked Capitalism for the D-115  posting….. Commentary on the Obomney election process and much else. The formation a year or two ago of the “Northern Command” by the Pentagon … Continue reading →

At the start of the last century, the concept of the nation state was under assault primarily from the radical left. While the Great War was fought by nation states, their elites didn’t doubt the legitimacy of the concept — … Continue reading →

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Vibrant nightly protests over the past week in downtown Montréal, in solidarity with the Quebec student strike, are sparking global attention. As the Quebec-wide strike continues – it has now been going for over 11 weeks – a new energy … Continue reading →

The FT makes the case that gold is less and less different from zero-interest treasuries, and therefore an attractive form of collateral in the shadow banking system. If people think of gold as collateral, then the demand for it will … Continue reading →

I haven’t followed Chinese politics at all for years, but this story in the Guardian caught my eye, since I noticed that many in the West, including the redoubtable Nouriel Roubini, were speculating that the fall of Bo was of … Continue reading →

We all know (or should know) this story in its broad outlines. But this piece, “The Death of the Great American Middle Class”, found on Steve Keen’s DebtWatch site has some details that are worth reviewing and sharing. A good … Continue reading →

Ambrose says the “hard left” in Greece is polling 35%.  Further confirmation that the post-war order of European social democracy morphing to neoliberalism has run its course. (Unless you think that Club Med will somehow discover a new growth engine) … Continue reading →