BIG ECONOMIC CHALLENGES AWAIT BIDEN AND THE FED THIS FALL / THE NEW YORK TIMES

Big Economic Challenges Await Biden and the Fed This Fall Expiring unemployment benefits and the Delta variant add uncertainty to a recovery...

IS PAX SINICA POSSIBLE? / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Is Pax Sinica Possible? Chinese President Xi Jinping seems to want to build a Pax Sinica, which would compete with – and even replace – the ...

WEARY OF THEIR EXPERIMENT IN CAPITALISM / CREDIT BUBBLE BULLETIN

Weary of Their Experiment in Capitalism  Doug Nolan Bubbles are self-reinforcing, yet inevitably unsustainable inflation.  There are differe...

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: RECYCLED BATTERIES AND THE SEARCH FOR A CIRCULAR ECONOMY / THE FINANCIAL TIMES BIG READ

Electric vehicles: recycled batteries and the search for a circular economy The explosion in demand for EVs has spurred a quest for alternat...

CHINESE RUCTIONS TEST THE BUY-THE- DIP REFLEX OF INVESTORS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES BIG READ

Chinese ructions test the buy-the-dip reflex of investors Sell-off comes after a series of market rallies from shocks Katie Martin A girl st...

THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY GROWS UP / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The Circular Economy Grows Up If we do not abandon the prevailing “take-make-waste” pattern of global production and consumption soon, we wi...

WITH AFGHAN COLLAPSE, MOSCOW TAKES CHARGE IN CENTRAL ASIA / THE NEW YORK TIMES

With Afghan Collapse, Moscow Takes Charge in Central Asia Along with Pakistan and China, Russia has gained broad influence in security matte...