WE GIVE UP! GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND DEFICITS SOAR PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

  We Give Up! Government Spending And Deficits Soar Pretty Much Everywhere     A recurring pattern of the past few decades involves go...

FACEBOOK FACES THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENT & ANALYSIS

Facebook faces the tragedy of the commons The openness of social networks enables creativity but invites exploitation John Gapper I...

ARMAGEDDON OUTTA HERE / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Armageddon outta here Preparing for a financial disaster might not be a bad idea Dido Sandler .   A scene from Armageddon, the film ...

IT STARTED AS A TAX CUT. NOW IT COULD CHANGE AMERICAN LIFE / THE NEW YORK TIMES

It Started as a Tax Cut. Now It Could Change American Life. By PETER S. GOODMAN and PATRICIA COHEN A job fair in Atlanta in last yea...

THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD TO A HAIRCUT / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The Long and Winding Road to a Haircut CARMEN M. REINHART CAMBRIDGE – Default is back. Sovereign finances weathered a wrenching globa...

THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER / MAULDIN ECONOMICS

The Ant and the Grasshopper Jared Dillian Editor, The 10th Man I’m sure you’ve heard the fable of the ant and the grasshopper. The an...

GERMANY: KEEPING AN EYE ON THE BALKANS / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

Germany: Keeping an Eye on the Balkans By Antonia Colibasanu   Germany’s foreign intelligence agency is increasing...

SOUTH KOREA´S PLANS TO AVERT WAR / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

South Korea’s Plans to Avert War By Matthew Massee   North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile this w...

CHINA SHOULD SEND 30,000 TROOPS INTO NORTH KOREA / FOREIGN POLICY

China Should Send 30,000 Troops Into North Korea The only way to stand down from a nuclear confrontation is to reassure Kim Jong Un that ...