ASIA´S DILEMMA: CHINA´S BUTTER, OR AMERICA´S GUNS? / STRATFOR GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE

Asia's Dilemma: China's Butter, or America's Guns? By Rodger Baker . Trade is the lifeblood of the Asia-Pacific, and even ...

PLANNING FOR PRESIDENT LE PEN / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Planning for President Le Pen Mark Leonard LONDON – After the United Kingdom’s unexpected vote to leave the European Union and Donald...

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ARTIFICIAL PROBLEMS / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Problems J. Bradford DeLong .     BERKELEY – Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers rece...

GOLD-STOCK BREAKOUTS NEAR / SAFE HAVEN

Gold-Stock Breakouts Near By: Adam Hamilton . The gold-mining stocks' usual volatility has proven outsized so far th...

SO GAUGE: FRANCE´S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS TEARING ITS LEFT APART / THE ECONOMIST

So gauche France’s presidential election is tearing its left apart If Benoît Hamon finishes fifth, it could be the end of the Socialis...

SOARING GLOBAL DEBT SETS STAGE FOR "UNPRECEDENTED PRIVATE DELEVERAGING" / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

Soaring Global Debt Sets Stage For “Unprecedented Private Deleveraging” The UK’s Telegraph just published an analysis of global debt ...

REGIONAL SECURITY AND THE ISLAMIC MILITARY ALLIANCE / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

Regional Security and the Islamic Military Alliance The formation of a “Muslim NATO” may actually encourage jihadism. By Kamran Bok...

ECONOMY WILL MISS THAT NEW-CAR SMELL / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Economy Will Miss That New-Car Smell Slowing car sales may not be replaced by other consumer spending, which would weigh on the economy ...

WHY DEEP BREATHING MAY KEEP US CALM / THE NEW YORK TIMES

Why Deep Breathing May Keep Us Calm By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS      .     Credit Getty Images                         ...