Mike Whitney

MIKE WHITNEY lives in Washington state. He is a contributor to Hopeless: Barack Obama and the Politics of Illusion (AK Press). Hopeless is also available in a Kindle edition. He can be reached at fergiewhitney@msn.com.

Picked Out a Coffin Yet? Take Ibuprofen and Die

Is the Iran Nukes Deal Aimed at Crushing Putin?

Putin Leads BRICS Uprising

The Pentagon’s “2015 Strategy” For Ruling the World

Putin Gobsmacks Uncle Sam … Again

China Syndrome

Seven Days in May?

Beating Uncle Sam at His Own Game

Why is Obama Goading China?

Splitting Up Iraq

The Rich Get Richer

If You’re Black in America, the Rules are Different

Obama’s “No Growth, No Jobs, No Recovery” Economy Gives Up The Ghost

Why Obama Wants to Lift Sanctions on Iran

Another Idiotic Plan to Hurt Russia

Saudis Face Defeat in Yemen and Instability at Home

Washington’s War on Russia

Why a Stronger Dollar will Lead to Deflation, Recession and Crisis

NATO Lies and Provocations

How Putin Blocked the U.S. Pivot to Asia

Showdown in Athens  

Varoufakis Keeps Greece in the Eurozone, by its Fingernails 

The “Exceptional” U.S. Suffers Crushing Defeat in Debaltsevo   

Ironman Varoufakis’s Revolutionary Plan for Europe

Greece and the Eurozone

Will the German Chancellor Bring Peace to Ukraine?

The Fallujah Option for East Ukraine

Money for Stocks, Zilch for the Economy

Are Plunging Petrodollar Revenues Behind the Fed’s Projected Rate Hikes?

40 Years of Economic Policy in One Chart

Oil Price Blowback

Irreversible Decline?

Ruble Takedown Exposes Cracks in Putin’s Defense

The Oil Coup

Will Falling Oil Prices Crash the Markets?

Talking Turkey

Defending Dollar Imperialism

Trotsky at the IMF

Vox Populi

Recession in Japan Sends Shares Tumbling

Afghan Opium Production Hits All-Time High

President Flim-Flam Leads Dems to Midterm Massacre

Debt on Wheels

15 Reasons Why Americans Think We’re Still in a Recession

Risky Business

Happy Black Thursday

Fed Stops Stock Slide with Talk of QE Extension

Stocks Plunge 460 Points on QE Exit

The Ukraine, As We Know It, Is Gone Forever

Has Obama Changed His Mind About Syria?