WHY AMERICAN WORKERS AREN´T GETTING A RAISE: AN ECONOMIC DETECTIVE STORY / JOHN MAULDIN´S OUTSIDE THE BOX NEWSLETTER

Why American Workers Aren’t Getting A Raise: An Economic Detective Story By Jonathan Tepper   For the past few months, I’ve bee...

HOW THE WEST GOT CHINA WRONG / THE ECONOMIST

Geopolitics How the West got China wrong It bet that China would head towards democracy and the market economy. The gamble has failed ...

CHINA´S BIG-DATA BIG BROTHER / PROJECT SYNDICATE

China’s Big-Data Big Brother Mark Leonard LAHORE – The Communist Party of China’s (CPC) decision this week to eliminate presidential...

DONALD TRUMP´S DIPLOMATIC TURN TO N KOREA DESERVES ACCLAIM / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENT & ANALYSIS

Donald Trump’s diplomatic turn to N Korea deserves acclaim In ditching decades of policy, the US president has chosen the wiser path Ni...

THE BUMPY ROAD AHEAD OF SEBASTIAN PIÑERA / THE ECONOMIST

The bumpy road ahead of Sebastián Piñera The new president and the future of the Chilean model THE second presidency of Sebastián P...

BOND YIELDS HAVE SUPPORT FROM A WORLD GETTING OLDER AND RICHER / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Bond yields have support from a world getting older and richer Demographic trends seen subduing inflation and real rates for many years ...

NOW WE KNOW HOW FAR STOCKS HAVE TO FALL FOR THE FED TO ACT / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

  Now We Know How Far Stocks Have To Fall For The Fed To Act    10%. That’s what February’s flash crash shaved off of the major US equ...

THERE WILL BE NO ECONOMIC BOOM - PART II / SEEKING ALPHA

There Will Be No Economic Boom - Part II by: Lance Robert On Tuesday, I presented at the Financial Planning Association (FPA) Confe...

JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER´S DANGEROUS DEFENSE STRATEGY / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Jean-Claude Juncker’s Dangerous Defense Strategy Ana Palacio MADRID – These days, there are just three events that bring together al...

SAUDI ARABIA ON THE SIDELINES / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

Saudi Arabia on the Sidelines By Jacob L. Shapiro No region has been as active thus far in 2018 as the Middle East. The action has bee...

THE LEGAL CASE FOR STRIKING NORTH KOREA FIRST / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OP EDITORIAL

The Legal Case for Striking North Korea First Does the necessity of self-defense leave ‘no choice of means, and no moment of deliberation...