HOUSE OF COMMONS CRUMBLES AMID A CULTURE OF DECAY / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENT & ANALYSIS

House of Commons crumbles amid a culture of decay Politics is profoundly destabilised, so the latest scandals may achieve lasting change ...

GONE MISSING: AS THE GLOBAL ECONOMY PICKS UP, INFLATION IS ODDLY QUIESCENT / THE ECONOMIST

Gone missing As the global economy picks up, inflation is oddly quiescent But central banks are beginning to raise interest rates anywa...

CHINA´S SOFT POWER COMES WITH A VERY HARD EDGE / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

China’s soft power comes with a very hard edge Even ‘panda diplomacy’ is not nearly as warm and cuddly as it seems No animal in the ...

BIG TECH MEETS BIG GOVERNMENT / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Big Tech Meets Big Government MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN SINGAPORE – Impressive quarterly results from the biggest technology companies show...

HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE BITCOIN, PART II / CASEY RESEARCH

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INVESTORS CALL THE END OF THE GOVERNMENT-BOND BULL MARKET (AGAIN) / THE ECONOMIST BUTTONWOOD COLUMN

Buttonwood Investors call the end of the government-bond bull market (again) It is the corporate-bond market they should worry about ...

CHINA´S CENTRAL BANK INJECTS $47 BN INTO FINANCIAL SYSTEM / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

China’s central bank injects $47bn into financial system Largest intervention in almost a year sends bond yields down from 3-year high ...

INDUSTRIAL COMMODITIES HITCH A RIDE ON GLOBAL GROWTH HOPES / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Industrial commodities hitch a ride on global growth hopes Metals are rising sharply, but this is not a repeat of the commodity ‘supercyc...

THE TROUBLE WITH SPANISH NATIONALISM / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

The Trouble With Spanish Nationalism Summary Spain is at once very young and very old. For most historians, modern Spain was born in...

THE U.S. PLUTOCRACY´S WAR ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The US Plutocracy’s War on Sustainable Development JEFFREY D. SACHS NEW YORK – The US plutocracy has declared war on sustainable deve...