ROME IS BURNING - AGAIN / SEEKING ALPHA

Rome Is Burning - Again   by: The Heisenberg     Summary - On Friday, Italian assets suffered another meltdown....

PORTENDING AN INTERESTING Q4 / CREDIT BUBBLE BULLETIN

Portending an Interesting Q4 Doug Nolan "Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it." I'll add that th...

WHY SO LITTLE HAS CHANGED SINCE THE FINANCIAL CRASH / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Why so little has changed since the financial crash Martin Wolf on the power of vested interests in today’s rent-extracting economy Mar...

A BIGGER GAME IN NORTH KOREA / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

A Bigger Game in North Korea More important countries are compelling the U.S. to move forward. By Phillip Orchard         The denucl...

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS A DYSFUNCTIONAL WORKPLACE / FOREIGN POLICY

The Catholic Church Is a Dysfunctional Workplace The ferocity of the Vatican’s civil war has less to do with theology or justice than pet...

STATE CAPITALISM 2.0 / PROJECT SYNDICATE

State Capitalism 2.0 Alissa Amico GENEVA – The fall of the Berlin Wall almost 30 years ago represented a high-water mark in the re...

THE IRREDEEMABLE IN PURSUIT OF THE INSATIABLE / INSIDE STORY

The irredeemable in pursuit of the insatiable Nicholas Gruen . The jump not taken: illustration by John Leech from H...