HOW CHINA BEAT OUT THE U.S. TO DOMINATE SOUTH AMERICA / BLOOMBERG

How China Beat Out the U.S. to Dominate South America No province is too small or remote for Beijing’s careful attention. By Jonathan Gilber...

GOLD HAS DONE THIS TWICE / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

Gold Has Done This Only Twice BY JOHN RUBINO  From The Daily Gold: Gold is correcting a short-term overbought condition. Gold surged nearly ...

BIDEN´S MISERY INDEX / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Biden's Misery Index Historically, the Misery Index – the sum of the unemployment and inflation rates – has offered a sound benchmark fo...

RUSSIA AND UKRAINE: WHETHER HE INVADES RUSSIA OR BACK DOWN, PUTIN HAS HARMED RUSSIA / THE ECONOMIST

Russia and Ukraine Whether he invades Ukraine or backs down, Putin has harmed Russia He will try to claim victory though The news, for a mom...

THE INFLATION HITS JUST KEEP COMING, RAISING STAKES FOR THE FED / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

The Inflation Hits Just Keep Coming, Raising Stakes for the Fed Rising oil prices, the Ukraine war and continuing supply-chain issues have c...

WHAT ARE THERMOBARIC WEAPONS, AND DOES RUSSIA HAVE THEM IN UKRAINE? / THE ECONOMIST

What are thermobaric weapons, and does Russia have them in Ukraine? Also known as “vacuum bombs”, they are fearsomely destructive when used ...

EXPENSIVE SHIPPING CONTAINERS MEAN ROUGH SAILING FOR GLOBAL TRADE / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Expensive Shipping Containers Mean Rough Sailing for Global Trade The rising cost of containers is damping optimism that supply-chain woes w...

HAS PUTIN REVERSED NIXON? / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Has Putin Reversed Nixon? Russia and China have historically had an uneasy relationship, exemplified by the Sino-Soviet split of 1960, which...