Professor Sachs is a very experienced and knowledgeable expert on his field about foreign and international geopolitics and affairs and so on but a BIG BUT he should not keep promoting and talk about climate change crisis, WHO’s pandemic hoax and mRNA-vaccine.
Mr Sachs is absolutely totally WRONG and WOKE about these type of corrupt science and medical research.
This is also very important to be aware of about Professor Sachs.
His major problem is the same as Professor Diesen's and every other academic; they simply cannot even conceive of the evil of the people whose decisions they're analysing. So they're constantly reverting to the "mistakes were made" fallback position. The Ukraine war is a huge strategic blunder but it was never a mistake. It's a crime. Indeed, an enormous series of hideous crimes. The architects of the war don't care one whit about who wins the conflict. They profit from the process either way.
They don't care:
-who we fight against
-who we fight with
-who we kill
-how many we kill
-what happens after the war
-how many of their own people they rob, impoverish, or kill
-etc.
War is the most profitable racket they know. A golden gravy train ("grave-y" - get it?)
I agree on this wholeheartedly. But I also understand the logic of his position. He thinks that nation states will make wars against each other if left to their own devices. I think Mearsheimer agrees with this. So Sachs' idea is that an outside arbiter, a "night watchman" as Mearsheimer calls it, needs to exist to step in and keep the kids from fighting. He feels he is trying to save humanity from itself. Mearsheimer seems to believe that the end is inevitable. I think that even though one is called a realist, and the other a liberal, they would agree on the most important issue, it's just one is resigned and the other is hopeful.
People have to make adult decisions. I respect Jeff Saks positions on geopolitical events BUT I never "idolize" people. Just because I agree with some positions and analysis I always reserve the right to disagree. We have a society that believes in hero worship, you must believe everything a hero says instead of basing your decisions on other evidence you have
Thanks so much Glenn. I really enjoy you allowing Jeff to just talk for the allotted time he has, Alex M. just could never help himself and he would end up hijacking the conversation. In my opinion this is much better !
Listening to Trump is like listening to a stoned hippy
while everyone else sits around and says "Wow, Man, that's like, that's like really deep, Man,"
when in reality he's just talking gibberish.
"mmrmrmmr herr, uhdurrurmrrmrumruh hurr, uhhdrrummumu.." [your average Trump sentence]
It's really very simple, and can be expressed thus:
"Dear America, if you want us to buy more of your stuff, try making stuff that is less shit."
But no, American stuff being less shit isn't on the agenda. What is on the agenda is forcing other countries to buy more American shit, via tariffs, or any other levers, legal or (likely) illegal, that Trump feels like applying against those countries, whether they are friendly or unfriendly.
Take NATO. NATO is a protection racket. Trump says Europe must spend more money on NATO. Where does the funding come from? European taxpayers. So if European (including British) politicians cave in to Trump's demands, they are de facto handing over powers of taxation to a foreign government (the USA). That should not be acceptable to any European/British citizen.
I would go as far as defining the handing over of powers of taxation to a foreign state (even if only de facto, not de jure) as treason, with all the consequences that should flow therefrom.
This is where we are at. The United States has run out of money and raising taxes on American citizens will be massively unpopular. Therefore, they'll raise taxes on foreign citizens instead. Have no doubt about this. This is what Trump's agenda is. He's even set up a department for it, called the External Revenue Service. He's not even trying to hide it. It's right there for all to see.
Will European politicians stand up for their sovereignty, or will they sell out their countries?
I still don't understand the obsession with every word out of Trump's mouth. He is a con artist and a bafoon. is that not clear? this attention to Trump is a reflection of a delusion to think words mean anything to the US political hacks.
Remember on tariffs that the issue is classically analyzed under conditions of ceteris parabus, "holding all else equal." So, if you hold all else equal, and institute tariffs, then under the theory of comparative advantage, then consumers will be worse off. But you CAN'T HOLD ALL ELSE EQUAL, people are not only consumers, they're also producers, or workers, and citizens of a country. Our problem with politicians using classical economics to justify policy decisions is two-fold: first, they don't bother reading the fine print, and second they use a reductionist framework to analyse a holistic entity. It's the same thinking that has gotten us into a hole with our health outcomes. The answer is in holistic thinking, the place to start is the turgid works of Alan Savory, and the current best practice is happening in REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE. In short, Trump is not necessarily wrong in applying tariffs: the econometricists have not made the model to tell us one way or another because mapping a system is too complicated. Actual practice shows us that what we've been doing for the last thirty years isn't working for the American citizen, and we should try something else.
“..But you CAN'T HOLD ALL ELSE EQUAL, people are not only consumers, they're also producers, or workers, and citizens of a country….”
Actually that’s what makes it worse for Americans. They live in a country where most of what they buy is sold by oligopolies and monopolies, that also corrruptly control politicians, so that labour has poor bargaining power and interest rates are used as a class warfare tool.
Sum total: Trump tariff walls will lead to even WORSE outcomes for Americans: higher prices for everything inside fort America, while wages don’t rise.
Professor Sachs is a very experienced and knowledgeable expert on his field about foreign and international geopolitics and affairs and so on but a BIG BUT he should not keep promoting and talk about climate change crisis, WHO’s pandemic hoax and mRNA-vaccine.
Mr Sachs is absolutely totally WRONG and WOKE about these type of corrupt science and medical research.
This is also very important to be aware of about Professor Sachs.
His major problem is the same as Professor Diesen's and every other academic; they simply cannot even conceive of the evil of the people whose decisions they're analysing. So they're constantly reverting to the "mistakes were made" fallback position. The Ukraine war is a huge strategic blunder but it was never a mistake. It's a crime. Indeed, an enormous series of hideous crimes. The architects of the war don't care one whit about who wins the conflict. They profit from the process either way.
They don't care:
-who we fight against
-who we fight with
-who we kill
-how many we kill
-what happens after the war
-how many of their own people they rob, impoverish, or kill
-etc.
War is the most profitable racket they know. A golden gravy train ("grave-y" - get it?)
I agree on this wholeheartedly. But I also understand the logic of his position. He thinks that nation states will make wars against each other if left to their own devices. I think Mearsheimer agrees with this. So Sachs' idea is that an outside arbiter, a "night watchman" as Mearsheimer calls it, needs to exist to step in and keep the kids from fighting. He feels he is trying to save humanity from itself. Mearsheimer seems to believe that the end is inevitable. I think that even though one is called a realist, and the other a liberal, they would agree on the most important issue, it's just one is resigned and the other is hopeful.
People have to make adult decisions. I respect Jeff Saks positions on geopolitical events BUT I never "idolize" people. Just because I agree with some positions and analysis I always reserve the right to disagree. We have a society that believes in hero worship, you must believe everything a hero says instead of basing your decisions on other evidence you have
Climate change is a real problem with already hard impact on many people.
No one serious is complaining about a political commentary mentioning this pressing crisis.
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Stop bot.
Thanks so much Glenn. I really enjoy you allowing Jeff to just talk for the allotted time he has, Alex M. just could never help himself and he would end up hijacking the conversation. In my opinion this is much better !
Glenn, this was an excellent discussion. Thank you!
Listening to Trump is like listening to a stoned hippy
while everyone else sits around and says "Wow, Man, that's like, that's like really deep, Man,"
when in reality he's just talking gibberish.
"mmrmrmmr herr, uhdurrurmrrmrumruh hurr, uhhdrrummumu.." [your average Trump sentence]
It's really very simple, and can be expressed thus:
"Dear America, if you want us to buy more of your stuff, try making stuff that is less shit."
But no, American stuff being less shit isn't on the agenda. What is on the agenda is forcing other countries to buy more American shit, via tariffs, or any other levers, legal or (likely) illegal, that Trump feels like applying against those countries, whether they are friendly or unfriendly.
Take NATO. NATO is a protection racket. Trump says Europe must spend more money on NATO. Where does the funding come from? European taxpayers. So if European (including British) politicians cave in to Trump's demands, they are de facto handing over powers of taxation to a foreign government (the USA). That should not be acceptable to any European/British citizen.
I would go as far as defining the handing over of powers of taxation to a foreign state (even if only de facto, not de jure) as treason, with all the consequences that should flow therefrom.
This is where we are at. The United States has run out of money and raising taxes on American citizens will be massively unpopular. Therefore, they'll raise taxes on foreign citizens instead. Have no doubt about this. This is what Trump's agenda is. He's even set up a department for it, called the External Revenue Service. He's not even trying to hide it. It's right there for all to see.
Will European politicians stand up for their sovereignty, or will they sell out their countries?
Rhetorical question.
I still don't understand the obsession with every word out of Trump's mouth. He is a con artist and a bafoon. is that not clear? this attention to Trump is a reflection of a delusion to think words mean anything to the US political hacks.
Thanks for your great work Glenn!
We've shared the link on our daily report.
A Skeptic War Reports
https://askeptic.substack.com/
To have a vision one has to learn from the past mistake of indulging in a Forever War which achieved nothing.
War vanquished Greece 2000 years ago . England is in its death throes.
War didn’t make America great.
What did seems not to be understood by our intellectual class.
For more on Prof Sachs and COVID-19 origins:
https://jimhaslam.substack.com/p/jeff-sachs-covid-was-made-in-a-us
Remember on tariffs that the issue is classically analyzed under conditions of ceteris parabus, "holding all else equal." So, if you hold all else equal, and institute tariffs, then under the theory of comparative advantage, then consumers will be worse off. But you CAN'T HOLD ALL ELSE EQUAL, people are not only consumers, they're also producers, or workers, and citizens of a country. Our problem with politicians using classical economics to justify policy decisions is two-fold: first, they don't bother reading the fine print, and second they use a reductionist framework to analyse a holistic entity. It's the same thinking that has gotten us into a hole with our health outcomes. The answer is in holistic thinking, the place to start is the turgid works of Alan Savory, and the current best practice is happening in REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE. In short, Trump is not necessarily wrong in applying tariffs: the econometricists have not made the model to tell us one way or another because mapping a system is too complicated. Actual practice shows us that what we've been doing for the last thirty years isn't working for the American citizen, and we should try something else.
“..But you CAN'T HOLD ALL ELSE EQUAL, people are not only consumers, they're also producers, or workers, and citizens of a country….”
Actually that’s what makes it worse for Americans. They live in a country where most of what they buy is sold by oligopolies and monopolies, that also corrruptly control politicians, so that labour has poor bargaining power and interest rates are used as a class warfare tool.
Sum total: Trump tariff walls will lead to even WORSE outcomes for Americans: higher prices for everything inside fort America, while wages don’t rise.