IS NATO OBSOLETE / JOHN MAULDIN´S OUTSIDE THE BOX

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A welcome revival Inflation is on the way back in the rich world, and that is good news Deflationary fears are at last on the point of ...

THE EMERGENCE OF A POST-FACT WORLD / PROJECT SYNDICATE

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THE LIRA´S FALL AND TURKEY´S RISE / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

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SECULAR STAGNATION THEORY / SAFE HAVEN

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DONALD TRUMP IS MAKING THE GREAT MAN THEORY OF HISTORY GREAT AGAIN / FOREIGN POLICY

Donald Trump Is Making the Great Man Theory of History Great Again The president-elect’s unpredictable rise is forcing historians and soc...

ASSAD HAS WON IN SYRIA. BUT SYRIA HARDLY EXISTS ( THE NEW YORK TIMES OP EDITORIAL

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THE INVISIBLE STOCK MARKET CORRECTION / BARRON´S MAGAZINE

Getting Technical The Invisible Stock Market Correction Most market watchers are looking for a healthy giveback of the postelection ra...

GOLD PRICES ARE BEING HACKED / SAFE HAVEN

Gold Prices Are Being Hacked By: Clint Siegner . Major U.S. and international banks cheat their customers and rig markets. Revelatio...