If you were to double the money in circulation instantly, society as a whole would be no richer. Printing more zeros on the currency does nothing to produce more of the necessities and luxuries of life. But wage earners would see the purchasing power of their wages...
The Iranian Foreign Minister warned that Tehran had learned lessons from the Israeli and US war in June and is now better equipped for a future conflict. “We are even more prepared than the previous war,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told the Economist in an...
While there is officially a truce in Gaza, Israel has continued to kill Palestinians daily. The Gaza Media Office reports Israel has committed nearly 500 ceasefire violations and killed 350 Palestinians since the truce went into effect on October 10. The Israeli...
A bipartisan group of Senators said Secretary of State Marco Rubio told them that President Donald Trump’s 28-point peace plan was not written by the administration and was a Russian wish list. Last week, Axios reported that the Trump administration's peace plan was...
Download Audio. Scott brings Matthew Hoh back on the show to talk about the rumored deal Trump made with the Russians to end the war in Ukraine, the legacy of Dick Cheney, the ramifications of what Israel accomplished and has failed to accomplish in Gaza and more....
Download Audio. Scott interviews novelist Barry Eisler about his background at the CIA, how he woke up to the realities of the American empire, the insanity of Washington even considering a war with Venezuela, how he writes his novels and more. Discussed on the...
A former Obama speechwriter faulted young people for having the faculty of abstraction when thinking about the Holocaust, genocide, Israel, and the Palestinians.
Free-marketeers have long pointed out a particular asymmetry between capitalism and socialism (whether of the international or national variety). While anyone in a capitalist society would have a right to engage in socialism (as anyone can do now in our hampered...
The head of the French armed forces said his country must be prepared to send its children to die in a war with Russia. “Russia is convinced that the Europeans are weak. However, we are strong, fundamentally stronger than Russia,” Chief of the French Defense Staff...
On Thursday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) passed a resolution demanding that Iran allow inspectors to reach sites bombed by Israel and the US. Tehran responded by withdrawing from an inspections agreement with the international nuclear watchdog. The...
