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AMERICA`S LOSES ITS WILL TO WORK / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OP EDITORIAL

America Loses Its Will to Work From the War on Poverty to ‘quiet quitting,’ we’ve stopped appreciating the value of honest labor. By Barton ...

CHINA`S GOLD DEMAND QUANTIFIED / MACLEOD FINANCE

China’s gold demand quantified China has accumulated huge quantities of gold. Household savers are sitting on savings of $30 trillion equiva...

THE MADNESS OF THE MADMAN THEORY / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

The madness of the Madman Theory An idea that didn’t work for Richard Nixon probably won’t for Donald Trump Janan Ganesh © Carl Godfrey The ...

IS FINANCIAL DEREGULATION UNDER TRUMP GOING TOO FAR? / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Is Financial Deregulation Under Trump Going Too Far? Although the Trump administration is rightly rethinking the heavy-handed banking measur...

RIO DE JANEIRO IS A BEAUTIFUL WARNING TO THE REST OF BRAZIL / THE ECONOMIST

Holiday paradise or urban hellscape? Rio de Janeiro is a beautiful warning to the rest of Brazil Local politicians are too often corrupt and...

DOES PRIVATE-CREDIT SMOKE MEAN FINANCIAL FIRE? / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Does Private-Credit Smoke Mean Financial Fire? Does the rapid growth in non-bank lending pose a threat to the stability of the financial sys...

EUROPE`S REARMAMENT MEETS REALITY: THE STORY OF A FAILED FRIGATE PROJECT / THE FINANCIAL TIMES BIG READ

Europe’s rearmament meets reality: the story of a failed frigate project The fate of the €10bn F126 is a cautionary tale for an agency that ...