SECULAR STAGNATION? / JOHN MAUDIN´S OUTSIDE THE BOX NEWSLETTER

Secular Stagnation? John Mauldin I n today’s Outside the Box my good friend Charles Gave shares an instructive “Tale of Two Countrie...

POLITICIANS AND INVESTORS ADAPT TO THE AGE OF RADICAL UNCERTAINTY / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENT & ANALYSIS

Politicians and investors adapt to the age of radical uncertainty   Moderate leaders have mistaken the expedient for the univers...

REGULATING AMERICA´S BANKS: THE TREASURY PUBLISHES PROPOSAL TO CUT RED TAPE / THE ECONOMIST

Regulating America’s banks The Treasury publishes proposals to cut red tape The Dodd-Frank act gave regulators discretion to do more. ...

THE CONSTANT TINKERER: NARENDRA MODI IS A FINE ADMINISTRATOR, BUT NOT MUCH OF A REFORMER / THE ECONOMIST

The constant tinkerer Narendra Modi is a fine administrator, but not much of a reformer Tax reform does not go far enough; land and lab...

AMAZON WILL FREE YOU FROM THE MINIVAN / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OP EDITORIAL

Amazon Will Free You From the Minivan With his Whole Foods purchase, Jeff Bezos takes aim at groceries—and car ownership. By Holman W. ...

GOLD´S TRUE FUNDAMENTALS / SEEKING ALPHA

Gold's True Fundamentals by: Steven Saville       To paraphrase Jim Grant, gold's perceived value in US$ terms is t...

HOW POPULISTS WIN WHEN THEY LOSE / PROJECT SYNDICATE

How Populists Win When They Lose Jan-Werner Mueller .   VIENNA – Today, it appears that every single election in Europe can be reduc...