U.S. CONSUMERS´ TRUST DEFICIT IS PERMANENT / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

US consumers’ trust deficit is permanent      Our behaviour is altered by seismic events — Americans now save more and spend less       ...

THE CASE AGAINST SUBSIDIZING HOUSING DEBT / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The Case Against Subsidizing Housing Debt Jeffrey Frankel .     SINGAPORE – At the end of the first quarter, according to the Feder...

DEMOGRAPHICS, DEBT & DEVICES / MAULDIN ECONOMICS

Dear Reader,   Over the course of this week, we will be sharing key insights from the 2017 Strategic Investment Confe...

A TRANS-ATLANTIC TURNING POINT: WHAT WAS MERKEL THINKING? / DER SPIEGEL

A Trans-Atlantic Turning Point What Was Merkel Thinking? By Annett Meiritz, Anna Reimann and Severin Weiland   German Chancellor An...

HOW TO RETIRE ON 2% RETURNS /

How to Retire on 2% Returns By Patrick Watson Does the past predict the future? If you work in the regulated financial industry, you ...

INDIA´S LONG ROAD TO PROSPERITY / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENT & ANALYSIS

India’s long road to prosperity Martin Wolf is impressed by an analysis of what the world’s largest democracy must do in order to thrive ...

ROUGH CUTS: BRAZIL´S FABULOUS BATISTA BOYS / THE ECONOMIST

Rough cuts Brazil’s fabulous Batista boys The meat-mongers whose testimony could end Michel Temer’s presidency .     ...

IF JOBS ARE PLENTIFUL, HOW COME NO ONE IS GETTING A RAISE? / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

If Jobs are Plentiful, How Come No One is Getting a Raise? Unemployment rate falls to 4.3%, but wage growth has stalled By Justin Laha...

NORTH KOREA STARES INTO THE ABYSS / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

North Korea Stares Into the Abyss By George Friedman The U.S. Navy has announced that the USS Nimitz will leave Bremerton, Washington,...

UNDERSTANDING TODAY´S STAGNATION / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Understanding Today’s Stagnation Robert J. Shiller NEW HAVEN – Ever since the “Great Recession” of 2007-2009, the world’s major centra...