TRUMPONOMICS 2.0 WILL ERODE THE FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICA´S PROSPERITY / THE ECONOMIST

Big, beautiful…bonkers Trumponomics 2.0 will erode the foundations of America’s prosperity The Big Beautiful Bill is symptomatic of a wider ...

AI IS TURNING THE AD BUSINESS UPSIDE DOWN / THE ECONOMIST

Creative destruction AI is turning the ad business upside down At the industry’s annual event in Cannes, executives are feeling the heat The...

MICROSOFT PREPARED TO WALK AWAY FROM HIGH-STAKES OPENAI TALKS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Microsoft prepared to walk away from high-stakes OpenAI talks ChatGPT maker’s plans to convert into a for-profit leads software giant to mak...

BETWEEN FEAR AND HOPE IN SYRIA / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Between Fear and Hope in Syria Five months after the ouster of Bashar al-Assad, many Syrians fear they have merely exchanged one autocrat fo...

JAPAN´S GOVERNMENT BONDS: THIS TIME IT WON´T END WELL / THE ECONOMIST

A fiscal fable  Japan’s government bonds: this time it won’t end well Even as interest costs mount, politicians promise handouts Pedestrians...

TRUMP, JAPAN AND THE ERA OF "STICK-HOLDER CAPITALISM" / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Trump, Japan and the era of ‘stick-holder capitalism’ Nippon Steel’s $15bn deal for US Steel reflects a version of capitalism that does not ...

ISRAEL´S WAR OF GRAND AMBITION / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Israel’s War of Grand Ambition Israel cannot afford to treat Iran’s threats of nuclear Armageddon as mere bloviating. But Iran is hardly alo...

U.S. EXCEPTIONALISM IN MARKETS IS DIMINISHED -- BUT FAR FROM DEAD / THE FINANCIAL TIMES MARKET INSIGHTS

US exceptionalism in markets is diminished — but far from dead If weakness emerges in American assets, it will show up more in the dollar, n...

WE´VE REACHED RAINBOW CAPITALISM´S END / THE NEW YORK TIMES OP EDITORIAL

We’ve Reached Rainbow Capitalism’s End By Aaron Hicklin An overturned pot at the end of a rainbow, with spider webs coming out of it. /  Cre...

AUSTRALIA SHOULD HOPE FOR AUKUS´S COLLAPSE / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Australia Should Hope for AUKUS’s Collapse As the Trump administration conducts a formal review of the 2021 AUKUS nuclear-submarine agreemen...