FAIR WARNING: EL NIÑO HAS STARTED. PREPARATIONS MUST TOO / THE ECONOMIST

Fair warning El Niño has started. Preparations must too It will bring chaotic weather to much of the world A toppled tree from Tropical Stor...

WHY JOE BIDEN IS THE HEIR TO TRUMP / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

  Why Joe Biden is the heir to Trump The current administration has quietly built upon many Trump-era policies Gideon Rachman © James Fergus...

UNPACKING AMERICA´S "SOFT LANDING" / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Unpacking America’s “Soft Landing” From the inflation hawks who warned against government stimulus programs to the progressives who decried ...

RUSSIA´S ECONOMIC REBOUND NEARS ITS LIMITS / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

Russia’s Economic Rebound Nears Its Limits The rapid recovery could give way to an equally sudden crash. By: Ekaterina Zolotova Despite unpr...

A NEW CATHOLIC COUNTER-REVOLUTION IS UNDER WAY IN EUROPE / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

A new Catholic counter-revolution is under way in Europe From Italy and Spain to Poland, rightwing parties stress national sovereignty and c...

FEED PEOPLE, NOT FACTORY FARMS / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Feed People, Not Factory Farms There can be no excuse for Russia, in pursuit of its war of aggression against Ukraine, to target that countr...

THE STATE OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

The State of the War in Ukraine By: George Friedman A month and a half ago, right after the attempted Wagner coup, there appeared to be chao...

U.S. REGIONAL BANKS STRUGGLE TO BREAK FREE FROM GOVERNMENT LIFE SUPPORT / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

US regional banks struggle to break free from government life support Lenders still tapping hundreds of billions of dollars of funding that ...

A REAL-ESTATE HAVEN TURNS PERILOUS WITH ROUGHLY $1TRILLION COMING DUE / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

A Real-Estate Haven Turns Perilous With Roughly $1 Trillion Coming Due Apartment buildings rose in value for years, but surging interest rat...

THE REAL INFLACION CULPRITS / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The Real Inflation Culprits The recent surge in inflation in both the US and Europe has been blamed primarily on supply shocks. But a closer...