THE UNITED STATES, VENEZUELA, CUBA AND THE CARIBBEAN / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

The United States, Venezuela, Cuba and the Caribbean By: George Friedman Much has been made of the deployment of U.S. naval forces in the Ca...

MUST OUR GLOBALIZED WORLD BE A SUICIDE PACT? / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Must Our Globalized World Be a Suicide Pact? Silicon Valley pitchmen would like us to believe that technology will determine the future. But...

THE TRAFFICKERS ARE WINNING THE WAR ON DRUGS / THE ECONOMIST

Of passion fruit, narcosubs and stablecoins The traffickers are winning the war on drugs New decentralised networks are even harder to disru...

CONFRONTING THE LIMITS OF MONETARY POLICY / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Confronting the limits of monetary policy The ability of interest rates to guide prices and the economy is diminishing Tej Parikh From left,...

$100BN STOCK SWINGS EXPOSE "FRAGILITY" BENEATH WALL STREET RALLY / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

$100bn stock swings expose ‘fragility’ beneath Wall Street rally Options and ETF frenzy have helped make largest US stocks more volatile, ra...

TRUMP IS LOSING HIS GEOECONOMIC WAR / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Trump Is Losing His Geoeconomic War In seeking to weaponize the US economy and financial system against China, Russia, and many other countr...

AMERICA`S GRAVITY-DEFYING ECONOMY / THE FINANCIAL TIMES BIG READ

America’s gravity-defying economy The AI boom is helping to sustain growth but demand is coming from the richest consumers who own stocks wh...