Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s time for a Russia-Saudi-Arabia-Texas crude oil axis. But it will require the Trump administration to make some concessions
Tag: Russia
The crude story behind the Russia/Saudi oil war
Reading Time: 3 minutes Coupled with the coronavirus, the oil battle is hurting economies all over the world, including Canada and particularly Alberta
Words matter, outcomes matter more
Reading Time: 4 minutes In modern society, we tend to casually toss around words like racism and genocide. We need to be more respectful of these words – and their horrible history
Is the world on the verge of a nuclear winter?
Reading Time: 3 minutes As Trump upsets the world order, many countries may feel they have no choice but to develop nuclear weapons
Big tech created a fractious, annoyed, malfunctioning world
Reading Time: 3 minutes Where’s the evidence that the values this new world order has created produce happiness, fulfilment and the well-lived life?
China represents world freedom’s greatest threat
Reading Time: 4 minutes It employs its great military, economic and seductive power to advance repression around the world
Washington Consensus lit the fuse blowing apart the modern world
Reading Time: 4 minutes We’ve allowed market forces to replace a host of political-economic goals and considerations, and we’re far worse for it
The unwelcome consequences of the collapse of empires
Reading Time: 3 minutes The demise of the German Hohenzollerns led to Hitler, while the collapse of the Austrian Habsburgs gave rise to malignant nationalism
We have power – if we’re willing to wield it
Reading Time: 3 minutes The corporate world controls politics only if voters allow it. Let’s make educated choices at the ballot box
Fear and loathing in the realm of Donald Trump
Reading Time: 3 minutes In the Trump world, money is the key metric and the truth is relative. Can the midterm elections change anything?