XI´S CONFLICT-PRONE CHINA / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Xi’s Conflict-Prone China The just-concluded 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China revealed that, for President Xi Jinping,...

FREE MARKETS´LAST STAND / GOLDMONEY

Free markets' last stand Alasdair Macleod The British government’s desperate dash towards free markets has failed, badly bungled.  The e...

CHINA´S DEMOGRAPHIC CRISIS LOOMS OVER XI JINPING´S THIRD TERM / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

China’s demographic crisis looms over Xi Jinping’s third term The world’s most populous country will start shrinking this year, weakening th...

NOT EVEN THE UKRAINE WAR CHANGES THE CENTRAL ASIAN EQUATION / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

Not Even the Ukraine War Changes the Central Asian Equation Even if Russia’s influence is weakening in relative terms, Moscow knows it can’t...

WHEN THE FED STOPS TRYING / PROJECT SYNDICATE

When the Fed Stops Trying One can debate whether there is still a narrow path by which the United States could avoid both secular stagnation...