Meltdown Economics & Other Complex Catastrophes

Sunday, December 18, 2016

Precedent-erect Trump calls Chinese capture of US naval drone "unpresidented" in Freudian slip?

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Precedent-erect Trump issues Tweet ukase declaring Chinese capture of US naval drone " unpresidented ". Could this really be ...
Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Calling election rigged, Trump declines presidency

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Donald Trump declining presidency, calling election "rigged." (Photo: Telegraph) CIB Breaking News - Despite his upset appar...
Thursday, July 28, 2016

Trump to Russia: “Mr. Putin: Release my tax returns!”

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Donald Trump calling on Russian intelligence yesterday to hack into IRS servers and release his tax returns (Image: AFP) In a rem...
Thursday, July 21, 2016

Donald Trump’s Usurpation of the Republican Party: Just a Tempest in a Cappuccino Cup?

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  Trump for President as latte art (note to the uninitiated: the elephant is the traditional mascot of the Republican Party) On...
Thursday, July 14, 2016

Brexit Dumpty's Return Provokes International Mirth

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Theresa May has garnered accolades for the speed and professionalism with which she has interred David Cameron as British prime minister ...
Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Sometimes a Jewish Star of David is Just a Sheriff’s Badge: Right-Wing Populism’s Obsession with Six-Pointed Objects

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Presumptive Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump has been eating some crow lately for tweeting a picture of his Presumptive D...
Sunday, July 3, 2016

German Government May Renew Edict of Potsdam for Brexit Refugees: CIB Breaking News!

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The original Edict of Potsdam ( top ) from 1685 may be renewed for all British refugees regardless of race or religion. After th...
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Gerald Silverberg
I'm a research economist at UNU-MERIT (Maastricht, The Netherlands, now retired) and IIASA (Laxenburg, Austria) with a specialization in the economics of innovation, complex dynamics, economic growth and evolutionary economics. By the 2008 world crisis at the latest it became clear that macroeconomics, financial markets and economic policy cannot be entrusted anymore to mainstream economists. Hence this blog.
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