RUSSIA´S NEO-FEUDAL CAPITALISM / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Russia’s Neo-Feudal Capitalism Anders Åslund .     WASHINGTON, DC – Vladimir Putin’s Russia is looking more and more like the scler...

MAGICAL THINKING WILL NOT SAVE TRUMP´S TAX PLANS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Magical thinking will not save Trump’s tax plans     The Republican party’s sums on revenue and debt simply do not add up © Zebedee He...

BERNANKE'S CONFETTI COURAGE / SAFE HAVEN

Bernanke’s Confetti Courage Former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s book titled “The Courage to Act” is now available in paperback. This is...

HOW TO BREAK YOUR SMARTPHONE ADDICTION / KNOWLEDGE@WHARTON

How to Break Your Smartphone Addiction .           When people talk about addiction, the first thin...

FIXING FIXED-INVESTMENTS INCENTIVES / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Fixing Fixed-Investment Incentives Jim O'Neill . LONDON – Back in February, I noted that the global economy at the end of 2016 ...

DEADLY GAME: DONALD TRUMP AND KIM JONG UN RISK NUCLEAR WAR / DER SPIEGEL

Deadly Game Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un Risk Nuclear War By Mathieu von Rohr, Christoph Scheuermann, Wieland Wagner and Bernhard Zand ...

A WORLD TURNED INSIDE OUT / PROJECT SYNDICATE

A World Turned Inside Out Stephen S. Roach .   NEW HAVEN – Slowly but surely, a bruised and battered global economy now appears to be...