As relations between the world’s two major economies, the US and China, continue to deteriorate, RT’s Boom Bust talks to Professor Richard Wolff about what’s really going on. “What we’re seeing is mostly posturing by Mr. Trump for domestic electoral votes,” he says, adding that the US president thinks the […]
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A Black Lives Matter/Antifa mob gathered in downtown Denver on Saturday to bust windows, destroy property and fight police.Democrats in their silence support this. Antifa brought their own hammers to bust out all of the business windows in the downtown. Antifa are smashing the windows of every storefront in Denver, […]
The Trump administration’s decision to close down China’s consulate in Houston is just another example of “political theater” that could bring more pain to the US economy in a time of crisis, according to Professor Richard Wolff. The host of Economic Update sat down with RT’s Boom Bust to discuss […]
Expropriation Or Bust By Colin Jenkins, Hampton Think. July 17, 2020 Expropriation Or Bust2020-07-172020-07-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/billionaires.jpg200px200px Above photo: Getty images. On the illegitimacy of wealth and why it must be recuperated. This is dedicated to Kwame Somburu, scientific socialist, William F. Buckley-slayer, thorn in the side of “mental midgets,” lifelong advocate of […]
Metal prices, including gold and copper, have been rallying during the Covid-19 pandemic. Gold has gained over 15 percent since March, while Industrial metal copper has surged 35 percent over the last four months. RT’s Boom Bust is joined by CEO of Euro Pacific Capital Peter Schiff, who projects that […]
Chinese police have seized over $15 million in crypto and supercars worth $2 million from the alleged operators of a novel scam that sold counterfeit tokens. In an article published Thursday, China’s Ministry of Public Security, which oversees the country’s police forces, said police in the city of Wenzhou has […]
The Trump administration’s anti-China policies, including tariffs and attacks on telecoms giant Huawei, have forced the Chinese government to tighten its grip over Hong Kong, an analyst tells RT. Speaking to RT’s Boom Bust on the developments in the Chinese territory after Beijing imposed its national security law, Jeffrey Tucker […]
The probe was launched after postal police investigators discovered photos of nude minors and other “horrifying” content, depicting actual sexual violence where the victims were often infants. Italian police have broken up a sizeable child pornography ring in which sexual photographs and videos of children, including newborns, were shared via […]
Mike Padgham, chair of the Independent Care Homes Group (ICG), explains why many care and nursing homes in England and Wales were already on shaky ground, financially speaking, even before the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Padgham runs four separate care homes as well as provides voluntary support and representation […]
Bitcoin is one of the only sources of funding available for the “pirate” science site, Sci-Hub, which is quietly engaged in war against copyrights. Despite Bitcoin’s ability to disintermediate money from politics, a new quantum computer may eventually crack its code. Here’s the story: You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup […]
Somehow we missed this during the choas of last weekend. Advertisement – story continues below Protesters (peaceful) and looters hit Long Beach last weekend. A group of looters were then filmed escaping the building during a live shot on ABC7. The looters are heard banging on the windows from the […]
14 per cent of Small and Medium-Sized businesses won’t have enough cash ‘to last four weeks of lockdown’, according to the latest business survey conducted by two country-wide accountancy networks with tens of thousands of members. 99 per cent of all UK employment is within Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), […]
While revoking Hong Kong’s preferential treatment may be catastrophic for the city’s financial system, the move could also backfire on the US itself and even challenge the dollar, Boom Bust has learned. On Friday, US President Donald Trump said he would end the special trade relationship with Hong Kong and […]
The United States has issued a new regulation aiming to limit chip exports to Chinese tech giant Huawei. The firm said its business will “inevitably be impacted” and that “survival is the key word” for the company at present. RT’s Boom Bust is joined by John Quelch, Dean of Miami […]
As part of the ‘phase one’ trade deal, Beijing on Tuesday issued a new list of US products to be exempt from trade tariffs. This came as the US threatened to terminate the deal if China fails to meet its purchase commitments. RT’s Boom Bust is joined by Todd Horwitz […]
Opinion 16:13 GMT 10.05.2020Get short URL The newly released House Intelligence Committee transcripts have dealt yet another blow to the Trump-Russia collusion narrative, international political observers say, suggesting that the recent disclosure and forthcoming publications will help establish that there was no Russian meddling in the 2016 US elections whatsoever. […]
The US 10-year Treasury bond yield fell 0.7 percent in response to the latest report of jobless claims. That comes a week after the Treasury said it would borrow a record $2.99 trillion this quarter, and launch a 20-year bond. RT’s Boom Bust talks to former Federal Reserve insider Danielle […]