THE NEW MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: FINANCIAL GIANTS ARE TRANSFORMING WALL STREET / THE ECONOMIST

The new masters of the universe Financial giants are transforming Wall Street Thomas Bennett hails their innovation and dynamism, but warns ...

TRUMP WANTS BIG TECH TO OWN THE DOLLAR / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Trump Wants Big Tech to Own the Dollar Two parallel monetary systems – one based on public monies issued in China, India, and maybe the euro...

FUND MANAGEMENT NEEDS TO MAKE DIGITAL SHIFT / THE FINANCIAL TIMES MARKETS INSIGHT

Fund management needs to make digital shift AI, big data and distributed ledger technology can rewire the industry Meagen Burnett Programmab...

THE TRUMP FACTOR IN TODAY´S MIDDLE EAST / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The Trump Factor in Today’s Middle East Some 19 months after Hamas’s attack on Israel, it is possible to identify trend lines that will defi...

AMERICAN FINANCE, ALWAYS UNIQUE, IS NOW UNIQUELY DANGEROUS / THE ECONOMIST

New and untested  American finance, always unique, is now uniquely dangerous Donald Trump is putting an untested system under almighty strai...

WILDFIRES DEVASTATED THE AMAZON BASIN IN 2024 / THE ECONOMIST

A losing battle Wildfires devastated the Amazon basin in 2024 They wiped away all progress governments had made to curb deforestation in rec...

CHINA AND RUSSIA ARE DEPLOYING POWERFUL NEW WEAPONS: IDEAS / THE ECONOMIST

News wars China and Russia are deploying powerful new weapons: ideas The West is retreating from the battle of the narrative SIXTY LUCKY stu...

DONALD TRUMP´S GARGANTUAN SELF-DEALING / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Donald Trump’s gargantuan self-dealing Federal ethics rules now seem little more than decoration Edward Luce Qatar’s ruling family has donat...

AMERICA´S HARD POWER MUST GET HARDER / PROJECT SYNDICATE

America’s Hard Power Must Get Harder The military calculus that defined American supremacy for decades has quietly been inverted, handing Ch...