CHINA`S WORLD-BEATING SOLAR INDUSTRY IS IN TURMOIL / THE ECONOMIST

Dimming prospects  China’s world-beating solar industry is in turmoil The Gulf war won’t save it Photograph: Getty Images AS AMERICA’S WAR o...

THE LEFT AIMS FOR AN ANDEAN COMEBACK / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OP EDITORIAL

The Left Aims for an Andean Comeback Elections in Peru and Colombia and riots in Bolivia test Latin American democracy. By  Mary Anastasia O...

TRUMP AND XI WILL NOT DETERMINE TAIWAN`S FATE / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Trump and Xi will not determine Taiwan’s fate China assumes that the island would be helpless without American support — that is a dangerous...

HOW I BECAME A MANUFACTURING SKEPTIC / PROJECT SYNDICATE

How I Became a Manufacturing Skeptic Manufacturing used to be a powerful economic escalator because it could employ large numbers of low-ski...

ONE CHART SAYS IT ALL: SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO "SNAP" / VON GREYERZ

One Chart Says It All: Something is About to “Snap” By Matthew Piepenburg Looking at the world around us, from foggy geopolitics to gyrating...

PARTY LIKE IT`S 1999, 1996 AND 2007 / CREDIT BUBBLE BULLETIN

Party Like It's 1999, 1996 and 2007 Doug Nolan  We’ve gone and really done it this time. Down somewhat from Wednesday’s high, the rates ...

CENTRISTS CRYING "WOLF" / THE ECONOMIST

The Telegram Centrists crying “Wolf!” The wrong way to beat populists who deny the existence of hard problems Illustration: Chloe Cushman AN...

OPEN INTEREST COLLAPSES / MACLEOD FINANCE

Open interest collapses As China buys up the bullion, the relevance of paper markets on Comex (and London) is shrinking. Liquidity and relev...