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From Long COVID Odds to Lost IQ Points: Ongoing Threats You Don鈥檛 Know 糖心logo入口

May 31, 2024

Stuck in a fog of misleading narratives, most of us don鈥檛 see the true extent of COVID’s persisting—and intensifying—threats. INET鈥檚 Lynn Parramore talks to Dr. Phillip Alvelda about the dangers we鈥檙e missing and the failures of public health agencies to inform and protect us. *This is Part 1 of a two-part interview.

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The Second Coming? Trump vs. Biden

May 17, 2024

How have the macroeconomic problems in the US blinded many participants and observers to the actual state of the American economy as the election approaches?

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Finally, an Economist Takes on the Topic of Power

Jan 16, 2024

Alessandro Roncaglia has mulled the topic of power over his long and distinguished career 鈥 a topic most economists avoid. His new book explores the historical dynamics of power and asks how we can change its distribution today.

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What Does Mustard Gas Have in Common with Crypto and Blockchain?

Nov 20, 2023

In his new book, , Peter Howson cautions that the technologies are not just fraudulent but causing indefensible harm to both humanity and the planet.

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Jim Chanos: 鈥淭he Crypto Ecosystem Is Well-Suited for the Dark Side of Finance.鈥

Nov 9, 2023

The famed short-seller talks Sam Bankman-Fried, why Wall Street is still so keen on crypto, and how technology is making us dumber.

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Creating the Post-2008 Global Safety Net: Fed Precedents, Instruments, and Targets

Sep 18, 2023

The 鈥渓iquidity鈥 support provided by the Fed to megabanks through cross-border lending in fact acted as subsidies