CHINA MAY STRUGGLE TO FUND XI JINPING`S TECH DREAMS / THE ECONOMIST

How to fund the future China may struggle to fund Xi Jinping’s tech dreams Even though capital markets are staging a comeback A colorful fut...

A DIFFERENT TYPE OF G7 CENTRAL BANK DIVERGENCE / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

A different type of G7 central bank divergence Fragmentation risks economic and financial instability unless accompanied by government actio...

TRUMP FIRES A FEDERAL ELECTION BOARD, PANIC ENSUES / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EDITORIAL

Trump Fires a Federal Election Board, Panic Ensues Here’s a chance for Democrats to embrace decentralized elections. By The Editorial Board ...

WHAT THE IRAN WAR TAUGHT THE WORLD ABOUT FOOD SECURITY / PROJECT SYNDICATE

What the Iran War Taught the World About Food Security Perhaps the most unsettling lesson from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is the ga...

BEWARE THE TOP-HEAVY ECONOMY / THE ECONOMIST

Corporate concentration  Beware the top-heavy economy Supersize capital flows are reshaping business—and building risk Illustration: Fortuna...

AN ATHENIAN VIEW OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY / PROJECT SYNDICATE

An Athenian View of American Democracy At 250, America is now producing a mindless, raw power and exponentially growing instability. The pos...

DONALD TRUMP AND HOW STRONGMAN LEADERS FALL / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Donald Trump and how strongman leaders fall The downfalls of would-be autocrats in Hungary, Brazil and the Philippines hold lessons for Amer...

QUESTIONING THE JUST WAR DOCTRINE / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Questioning the Just War Doctrine With war becoming more frequent and more lethal to civilians, Pope Leo XIV and the College of Cardinals ar...

ECONOMIC ANOMALIES / JOHN MAULDIN`S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

Economic Anomalies By John Mauldin Next month I will begin my 27th year of writing this letter.  The way I write, how I come up with topics,...