THE WORLD´S PROGRESS BRINGS NEW CHALLENGES / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

The world’s progress brings new challenges Preserving peaceful relations in an era of rapid shifts in relative power is tough Martin Wo...

AMERICA´S EXPLODING BUDGET DEFICIT / PROJECT SYNDICATE

America’s Exploding Budget Déficit Martin Feldstein CAMBRIDGE – The United States has an enormous and rapidly widening budget defici...

IN ITALY, AN END-AROUND OF DEMOCRACY / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

In Italy, an End-Around of Democracy By George Friedman   Sometimes the surest way to bring about change is to resist ...

A SPIKING DOLLAR = EMERGING MARKET CHAOS, PART 2: THE STORY IN FOUR CHARTS / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

  A Spiking Dollar = Emerging Market Chaos, Part 2: The Story In Four Charts   For most of the past few years, emerging market stocks and...

HOUSING BUBBLE PATHOLOGIES START TO BITE - YET ANOTHER SIGN THE CYCLE HAS PEAKED / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

  Housing Bubble Pathologies Start to Bite – Yet Another Sign the Cycle Has Peaked   The early stages of a housing bubble are fun for pr...

ITALIAN DRAMA / CREDIT BUBBLE BULLETIN

Italian Drama Doug Nolan As I see it, cracks are opening in the greatest Bubble of all time. Serious fissures have developed in E...

RADICAL REFORM: SWITZERLAND TO VOTE ON BANKING OVERHAUL / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Radical reform: Switzerland to vote on banking overhaul Supporters promise the proposal will end boom-and-boost, but critics say it is a ...

CHINA´S SMART TRADE MOVES / PROJECT SYNDICATE

China’s Smart Trade Moves Zhang Jun SHANGHAI – US President Donald Trump’s announced plans to target China with trade tariffs repres...

ROMAN REALITY CHECK: ITALIAN TRUMPISM IS NO LESS DANGEROUS THAN THE ORIGINAL / DER SPIEGEL

Roman Reality Check Italian Trumpism Is No Less Dangerous than the Original A DER SPIEGEL Editorial by Michael Sauga Members of t...

MACHINES ARE TAKING OVER MARKETS / SAFE HAVEN

Goldman: Machines Are Taking Over Markets By Alex Kimani   “Liquidity is the new leverage”: That was the o...