Rumors have it that the remaining months of 2020 may bring drastic and explosive changes in the world’s financial system. But such “doomsday” rumors have been floating around every beginning of fall during the last few years. Why? – The US dollar is getting weaker and weaker. It is not quite on a free fall, but still remains a major[Read More…]
Train of thought To start with, here are some recent quotations that weigh heavily on the negative aspects of the US$ and its role as the global reserve currency, also known as the petrodollar. One of the current global issues is refugees, in Europe and elsewhere: These waves of migration – and the anti-immigrant backlash that has done so much[Read More…]
Goldman Sachs has issued a bold warning Tuesday that the dollar is in danger of losing its status as the world’s reserve currency. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has put a spotlight on the suddenly growing concern over inflation in the U.S. With the U.S. Congress closing in on another round of fiscal stimulus to shore up the pandemic-ravaged economy, and[Read More…]
Most working people think of the buck as the way they pay their bills. But its use goes far beyond the USA’s borders. The greenback is the major world currency for trade and finance. This international role bestows vast power on the U.S. government and the rich. But its status doesn’t help ordinary people much. Fundamentally, the exchange[Read More…]
Humanity at “Doom’s Doorstep” Says Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 
Economics With A Human Face—Young Writer Makes A Mark With His First Book 
Morocco Drives a War in Western Sahara for Its Phosphates 
Setback to India’s Covid Genome Sequencing Efforts- 5 Labs Shut- A cause for concern 
Song of the Himalayas 
First Amendment to the Indian Constitution: Is Nehru a hero or a villain? 
Unshackle the youth to realize a Republic 
Punjab Election and the farmers 
A United Voice For A Referendum For Eelam Tamils 
Guantánamo’s Forever Elusive Endgame – Will We “Celebrate” Its 30th Anniversary? 
77 And The Drums Of War 
Blinken delays US response to Russia 
“Havana Syndrome” – CIA Rules Out Foreign Power Involvement 
Hate is normal in India today, thanks to social media 
Rapidly growing economic inequalities in India 
After a Year of Biden, Why Do We Still Have Trump’s Foreign Policy? 
The Smearing of Emma Watson 
Reckless pursuit of linking rivers can result in ecological havoc 
Erdogan Triumphs as Putin Stabs His Best Ally in the Back 
Domesticating Dissent 
Oxfam report reveals malignant dependency of the pandemic on capitalist inequality 
Sharad Pawar, Peasant Politics and the Land Question 
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass by Oliver Stone 
Caution: New Normal 
Arise, Pandemic Profiteers 
Managing Mild Omicron Covid At Home 
The Acquittal Of Kerala Bishop Is Best Example Of A Bad Judgement 
While acquitting Franco Mulakkal, trial court puts victim on trial 
Uprising in Kazakhstan 
Silence 
Aafia Siddiqui, Political Prisoner 
Only Fools Replay Doomsday – The Cold War, Reborn and Resurgent 
Promoting Amity in the Times of Hate 
Oxfam report highlights widening pandemic inequality in Asia 
Oxfam report “Inequality Kills”: Billionaires racked up wealth while millions died during the pandemic 
Portents of a nuclear winter on a warming Earth 
So, was the doubling of farmers’ income just another jumla? 
Souring of Taliban’s relations with Pakistan 
In South Africa as in Palestine: Why We Must Protect the Legacy of Desmond Tutu 
The American Trap 
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