(NO) CONUNDRUM 2.0 / PRUDENTBEAR.COM

(No) Conundrum 2.0 Doug Noland May 9, 2014   Could things possibly be any more fascinating? Representative Kevin Brady: “I’ll conc...

PAYMENTS : THE END OF A MONOPOLY / THE ECONOMIST

Payments The end of a monopoly And no end of new ways to pay your bills May 10th 2014    Kenya’s handy alternative to cash TH...

PUTIN DISPLAYS UKRAINE CHESS MASTERY / THE ASÍAN TIMES

THE ROVING EYE Putin displays Ukraine chess mastery By Pepe Escobar Russia's celebrations of the 69th anniversary of the defeat o...

CRAZY CLIMATE ECONOMICS / THE NEW YORK TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Crazy Climate Economics MAY 11, 2014 Paul Krugman Everywhere you look these days, you see Marxism on the rise. Well, O.K., maybe you...

HEDGE FUNDS TITANS ARE TESTING THE QUALITY OF U.S. DEMOCRACY / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENT & ANALYSIS

May 11, 2014 6:33  Hedge fund titans are testing the quality of US democracy By Edward Luce If branches of government b...

SHADOW BANKING : THE LURE OF SHADOW BANKING / THE ECONOMIST

Shadow banking The lure of shadow banking Shadow banks helped cause the financial crisis. Better regulated, they could help avert th...

AMERICA'S ENDURING LEADERSHIP / PROJECT SYNDICATE

BRUCE JONES Bruce Jones is Senior Fellow and Director of the project on international order and strategy at the Brookings Institution ...

SHADOW BANKING : SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE / THE ECONOMIST

Shadow and substance As banks retreat in the wake of the financial crisis, “shadow banks” are taking on a growing share of their busines...

NO ONE TRUSTS WASHINGTON ON CLIMATE CHANGE / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENT & ANALYSIS

May 9, 2014 3:57 pm No one trusts Washington on climate change By Christopher Caldwell In the age of the Iraq war and Obamacare, the ...

A LIGHT UNTO CITIES / PROJECT SYNDICATE

JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ Joseph E. Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate in economics and University Professor at Columbia University, was Chairman of Pr...