DONALD TRUMP: KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF THE FOREIGN-POLICY IDEAS I BELIEVE IN / FOREIGN POLICY

Donald Trump: Keep Your Hands Off the Foreign-Policy Ideas I Believe In The GOP candidate is talking up three important and sensible ideas...

POPULISM, PAST AND PRESENT / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Populism, Past and Present Shlomo Ben-Ami .   MADRID – It seems that practically no Western democracy nowadays is immune to right-win...

THE MYTH OF A U.S. MILITARY "READINESS" CRISIS / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

The Myth of a U.S. Military ‘Readiness’ Crisis Sequestration cuts have presented challenges. But America’s fighting forces remain second ...

THE DESPERATION OF INDEPENDENTS / THE ECONOMIST

Free Exchange The desperation of independents Stubbornly low interest rates may mean the end of central-bank autonomy . LIKE man...

AMERICA´S LOOMING DEBT DECISION / PROJECT SYNDICATE

America’s Looming Debt Decisión Kenneth Rogoff BOGOTÁ – Should the US government lock in today’s ultra-low borrowing costs by issui...

IT´S ALL ABOUT INTEREST RATES / SAFE HAVEN

It's All About Interest Rates By: Captain Hook As far as the markets are concerned, it all depends on interest rates. Because di...

THE GREAT AFFLUENCE FALLACY / THE NEW YORK TIMES

The Great Affluence Fallacy David Brooks A large crowd of Bernie Sanders supporters in the Bronx, N.Y. Credi...

SUMMER FED LULL HAS INVESTORS "WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD" / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Markets Insight Download Summer Fed lull has investors ‘whistling past the graveyard’ Michael Mackenzie August has a history...

ARE NEGATIVE RATES BACKFIRING? HERE´S SOME EARLY EVIDENCE / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Are Negative Rates Backfiring? Here’s Some Early Evidence Economists worry that people and businesses are saving more, instead of spendi...

MR. MARKET -- THE GREAT PRETENDER / DAVE´S DAILY

Mr. Market - The Great Pretender Oh yes, that seems to fit Mr Market’s mood these days.   Too cynical a description you say? Mayb...