As the US and EU apply sanctions on Russia over its annexation' of Crimea, JP Sottile reveals the corporate annexation of Ukraine. For Cargill, Chevron, Monsanto, there's a gold mine of profits to be made from agri-business and energy exploitation.
… News Food Farming Corporations Ukraine USA EU Russia hitler-ukraine.png As the US and EU apply sanctions on Russia over its annexation' of Crimea, JP … Black Sea grain terminal at Novorossiysk on Russia's Black Sea coast. The port - to the …
High principles dominate the rhetoric on freedom-loving Ukraine, writes JP Sottile. But more mundane realities - like the interests of US oil corporations and Ukraine's vast shale gas capacity - might just be part of the volatile equation.
… got an opinion about the 'showdown' with Russia. Some say it's about freedom and the … was signed on November 5, 2013, it stoked Russian fears about losing its influence on, … European Union that, once abandoned due to Russian pressure, led to the toppling of …
According to classical economics Adam Smith's 'invisible' hand' of free markets produces the greatest good for us all, writes JP Sottile. But what happens when rip-roaring 'external costs' are left out of the equations? Wars, repression, pollution, resource destruction and climate change. And because that invisible hand is connected to Mother Nature, it's coming back to strike us.
… biggest spenders are China ($96.51 billion), Russia ($79.16 billion), Saudi Arabia ($51.895 …