RISKS REMAIN AMID THE GLOBAL RECOVERY / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENT & ANALYSIS

Risks remain amid the global recovery      Financial weakness, debt and fears of a collapse in co-operation are hurdles       by: Marti...

EUROPE´S BACKYARD: TENSIONS RISING IN BALKANS AS HOPES FOR EU FUTURE FADE / DER SPIEGEL

Europe's Backyard Tensions Rising in Balkans as Hopes for EU Future Fade By Walter Mayr and Jan Puhl Fourteen years after bei...

EUROPE´S GRADUALIST FALLACY / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Europe’s Gradualist Fallacy Yanis Varoufakis .   ATHENS – Europe is at the mercy of a common currency that not only was unnecessary ...

IS IT TIME TO BUY PLATINUM? / SEEKING ALPHA

Is It Time To Buy Platinum? by: Hebba Investments   Summary   - Platinum is the worst-performing precious metal in t...

WHAT REAL INDEPENDENCE LOOKS LIKE / CASEY RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL MAN

What Real Independence Looks Like by Nick Giambruno Every July 4, Americans have less independence to celebrate. The country’s origi...

PERU´S FUTURE GROWTH CAN BE LIFTED THROUGH STRUCTURAL REFORMS / INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Peru's Future Growth Can be Lifted Through Structural Reforms By Francisco Roch, IMF Western Hemisphere Department After sustain...

HOW SAUDI WAHHABISM IS THE FOUNTAINHEAD OF ISLAMIC TERRORISM / THE HUFFINGTON POST

How Saudi Wahhabism Is the Fountainhead of Islamist Terrorism By Yousaf Butt .      Getty LONDON — The horrific t...