THE GREEN TRANSFER PROBLEM / PROJECT SYNDICATE

  The Green Transfer Problem The $100 billion per year that rich countries promised back in 2009 to provide to finance developing countries...

SHAKING OUT WEAK HOLDERS / GOLDMONEY INSIGHTS

Shaking out weak holders Alasdair Macleod Gold and silver prices declined this week, as the shorts mounted an attack on speculating longs.  ...

AMERICA IS HURT BY ITS DEBT CEILING THEATRE OF THE ABSURD / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

America is hurt by its debt ceiling theatre of the absurd The only reason a default is conceivable is the depth of disagreement in the count...

THE BUY-OUT BUSINESS: WELCOME TO A NEW, HUMBLER PRIVATE-EQUITY INDUSTRY / THE ECONOMIST

The buy-out business Welcome to a new, humbler private-equity industry Dealmakers are getting back to work. Yet they will struggle to recapt...

INFLATION IS STILL HIGH. WHAT´S DRIVING IT HAS CHANGED. / THE NEW YORK TIMES

Inflation Is Still High. What’s Driving It Has Changed. Two years ago, high inflation was about supply shortages and pricier goods. Then it ...

A STICKY DICTATORSHIP: NICOLAS MADURO, VENEZUELA´S AUTOCRAT, IS WINNING / THE ECONOMIST

A sticky dictatorship Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s autocrat, is winning Juan Guaidó, the main opposition politician, has just fled the countr...

U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS HAVE ENTERED A FRIGHTENING NEW ERA / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

US-China relations have entered a frightening new era Economic co-operation with Beijing will be harder than recent speeches by Janet Yellen...