CONSUMERS IN SURPRISING PLACES ARE BORROWING LIKE CRAZY / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

  Consumers In Surprising Places Are Borrowing Like Crazy    The Money Bubble is inflating at different speeds in different places. B...

THERE WILL BE NO ECONOMIC BOOM, PART I / SEEKING ALPHA

There Will Be No Economic Boom Written by Lance Roberts Last week, Congress passed a 2-year “continuing resolution, or C.R.,”   to ...

WHAT XI JINPING´S LONGER-TERM RULE WILL MEAN FOR CHINA´S ECONOMY / KNOWLEDGE@WHARTON

What Xi Jinping’s Longer-term Rule Will Mean for China’s Economy With the path now apparently cleared in China for President Xi Jinping ...

THE MAKING OF LEHMAN BROTHERS II / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The Making of Lehman Brothers II Simon Johnson WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, with some fanfare, the US Treasury Department released a re...

CHINA: HERDING RIVALS AND RHINOS / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

China: Herding Rivals and Rhinos By Phillip Orchard Chinese President Xi Jinping made a string of moves over the weekend that reflect ...

THE BIGGEST THREAT TO YOUR FINANCIAL WELLBEING / CASEY RESEARCH

The Biggest Threat to Your Financial Wellbeing by Nick Giambruno You may recall the international spectacle Alan Greenspan sparked in...

THE MIDDLE OF AN ERA / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

The Middle of an Era By George Friedman I have written in several places about a paradox. On the one hand, if you take a snapshot of t...

XI´S POWER GRAB MEANS CHINA IS VULNERABLE TO THE WHIMS OF ONE MAN / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENT & ANALYSIS

Xi’s power grab means China is vulnerable to the whims of one man Autocracy is a risky system, even in a country with a solid bureaucrati...

CHINA CONFRONTS THE MUDELL-FLEMING TRILEMMA / PROJECT SYNDICATE

China Confronts the Mundell-Fleming Trilemma Yu Yongding BEIJING – After years of intervening to manage the renminbi’s exchange rate,...

THIS POWERFUL PC RUNS ON ANY DEVICE --AND NEVER NEEDS AN UPGRADE / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

This Powerful PC Runs on Any Device—and Never Needs an Upgrade Someday you might not have lots of different computers: You might have a ...

IN BRAZIL, THE GOVERNMENT WALKS A FINE LINE WITH MILITARY DEPLOYMENT / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

In Brazil, the Government Walks a Fine Line With Military Deployment By Allison Fedirka Brazil, like most countries in South America, ...