Autocratic Capitalism, Augustus, November Heat

By Paul Sankey Published on November 7, 2024 at 7:02 AM

ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ, May peace be with you. Greetings from the United Arab Emirates, in Abu Dhabi, ain’t no elections. Ain’t no elections in any of the UAE, you get the ruling families. Let’s hope they all keep getting on and supporting each other, history says that families, not least in the Middle East, can have problems. But it is a global communality, family dramas. The parallels on this trip, across the course of the history …

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Sunday Knife Fights, Gun Fights, and Missile Strikes

By Paul Sankey Published on October 6, 2024 at 2:36 PM

Good day, We dropped a weekly video “Global Oil Risk” from London Friday and shortly thereafter did a podcast for “Mr 30m Downloads” Jack Farley, returning a favour for him being a guest on Happy Hour this week, especially as we buried him with a Rosh Hashanah-diminished crowd (ie Thursday’s Happy Hour very quiet, mid-Rosh). Happy New Year to those that celebrate. L’shana tovah u’metukah!  ~ Those appearances have thrown me right into the maelstrom …

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