Analysis

Analysis

The real sinister relation of the US & ‘jihadism’?

Even before the recent horrific terrorist attacks in Europe, Mali and other places, the purpose of the U.S. "war on terror" as stated in words was ...
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Increasing interest in Russia in China’s economic policy

A Russian translation of my article 'China Faces Slower Western Growth than in the Great Depression' has been published under the title ''China in the New ...
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The ‘Belt & Road’ region will be the main locomotive of the world economy

The importance of the Belt and Road (B&R) summit for China and participating countries is well known. What is not so widely grasped is that ...
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New economic data shows disorientation of US foreign policy analysts

  ​The IMF published this week the update of its projections for the main countries in the world economy for this year and next. This ...
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Economic data shows claim of US ‘strong economic recovery’ was a myth

The publication of official US economic data for 2016, which shows only 1.6% US GDP growth for the year, and only 0.9% per capita GDP ...
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An economist’s Mein Kampf

This article, published in October 1991, accurately predicted that 'shock therapy' recommended for Russia by Western economic institutions, and supported by 95% of Western economists, ...
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The damaging blind alley of US protectionism

​The damaging blind alley of US protectionismThe following article deals with the costs to the US economy of protectionism. The specific case it deals with ...
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China lacks innovation? Take another look

​Until recently, the big myth about China's companies was their lack of innovation. That view is now being reassessed in a series of Western studies ...
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A damaging confusion in Western economics books

Economics textbooks, particularly when discussing Keynes, frequently contain an elementary economic confusion - it should be made explicit this is a confusion in the textbooks ...
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The real reason for the US South China Sea provocation

On July 12, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague issued a pre-arranged declaration supporting some Philippines claims against China in the South China ...
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