FROM WELFARE STATE TO SAFE STATE IN LATIN AMERICA / PROJECT SYNDICATE

From Welfare State to Safe State in Latin America Designing a progressive anti-violence strategy that delivers the safety for which a huge s...

REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL ABOUT GENERATION Z / THE ECONOMIST

OK Zoomer Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z They are not doomed to be poor and anxious Avast cohort is coming of age.  Globally, som...

INVESTORS RAISE BETS ON EURO FALLING TO PARITY WITH DOLLAR / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Investors raise bets on euro falling to parity with dollar Eurozone borrowing costs seen as likely to fall first as strength of US economy l...

THE WEST´S NEW INFRASTRUCTURE IMPERATIVE / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The West’s New Infrastructure Imperative A dim future awaits any society that allows its infrastructure to degrade and underinvests in new n...

BEYOND GDP: HOW FAST IS INDIA´S ECONOMY REALLY GROWING? / THE ECONOMIST

Beyond GDP How fast is India’s economy really growing? Statisticians take the country’s figures with a pinch of salt Workers at the construc...

IS THE FED´S NEXT MOVE A RAISE IN RATES? / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Is the Fed’s next move a raise in rates? Four reasons to doubt a hike is coming, but US inflation has been misbehaving Chris Giles Residual ...

MARKETS ARE A FROG IN BOILING WATER ON IRAN-ISRAEL / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Markets are a frog in boiling water on Iran-Israel While the reaction to the latest hostilities has been tame, the global economy is too fra...

HOW RISKY IS JAPAN´S MONETARY-POLICY NORMALIZATION? / PROJECT SYNDICATE

How Risky Is Japan’s Monetary-Policy Normalization? The first step toward monetary-policy normalization in Japan went smoothly – with no neg...