Short term, it’ll be hard to avoid recession. Long term, we missed the moment for a cheap green transition, but may have broken the resistance to a sustainable future.
Europe
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Old Lesson Learned Anew: Cross-Border Capitalism Doesn’t Deter Wars
Today on TAP: As Bob Kuttner has frequently noted (including today), the myths of capitalist globalization have been shattered.
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The End of Globalism
The world economic and financial system will never be the same.
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War in Ukraine Shifts European, American Views on Energy Dependence
Relying on authoritarian states for fuel supplies turns out to be a dismal geopolitical strategy.
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The Economics of Mutually Assured Energy Destruction
Today on TAP: Will the West go all the way and block Russian oil exports?
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Won’t Drill Baby Won’t Drill
Don’t expect domestic fracking companies and the Wall Street investors getting rich off them to fill any gap in Russian petrochemicals.
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Worse Than a Crime; It’s a Blunder
Anatol Lieven on the meaning and consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the West’s response
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On Ukraine: Bernie vs. DSA
Today on TAP: One socialist gets it right. Some other socialists don’t.
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The Ukraine Crisis: Another Chapter in the Russian-American Carbon Rivalry
The U.S. and Russia have vied to serve Europe with energy since the 1940s. The current tensions in Ukraine must be viewed in that context.
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Viva Portugal!
Today on TAP: The Portuguese Socialist Party wins an absolute governing majority.
