A MILD GLOBAL CONTRACTION IS COMING / PROJECT SYNDICATE

A Mild Global Contraction Is Coming While a severe hurricane for the global economy looks less likely than a few months ago, we are still li...

FIVE REASONS INVESTORS SHOULD EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Five reasons investors should expect the unexpected We must think more broadly to grasp today’s financial uncertainties Gillian Tett  © Alva...

MOODY´S WARNS OF "SERIOUS CHALLENGE" TO $1.4TN PRIVATE CREDIT MARKET / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Moody’s warns of ‘serious challenge’ to $1.4tn private credit market Debt rating agency singles out Ares and Owl Rock funds for scrutiny aft...

WILL DEMOCRACIES STAND UP TO BIG BROTHER? / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Will Democracies Stand Up to Big Brother? Rapid advances in AI and AI-enhanced surveillance tools have created an urgent need for internatio...

WHAT IS CONCIOUSNESS? THE HARD PROBLEM / THE ECONOMIST

What is consciousness? The hard problem The final brief in our series looks at the most profound scientific mystery of all: the one that def...