BEWARE THE TOP-HEAVY ECONOMY / THE ECONOMIST

Corporate concentration  Beware the top-heavy economy Supersize capital flows are reshaping business—and building risk Illustration: Fortuna...

AN ATHENIAN VIEW OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY / PROJECT SYNDICATE

An Athenian View of American Democracy At 250, America is now producing a mindless, raw power and exponentially growing instability. The pos...

DONALD TRUMP AND HOW STRONGMAN LEADERS FALL / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Donald Trump and how strongman leaders fall The downfalls of would-be autocrats in Hungary, Brazil and the Philippines hold lessons for Amer...

QUESTIONING THE JUST WAR DOCTRINE / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Questioning the Just War Doctrine With war becoming more frequent and more lethal to civilians, Pope Leo XIV and the College of Cardinals ar...

ECONOMIC ANOMALIES / JOHN MAULDIN`S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

Economic Anomalies By John Mauldin Next month I will begin my 27th year of writing this letter.  The way I write, how I come up with topics,...

AMERICA SHOULD NOT IMPRISON FRONTIER AI / THE ECONOMIST

Rules for supermodels America should not imprison frontier AI Fable is free. But the technology desperately needs better regulations Illustr...

FIRST GOLD, THEN MARKETS MIGRATING EAST / GOLD MONEY

First gold, then markets migrating East Alasdair Macleod Goodbye to Western paper.  Moving in plain sight, China has set up a new market in ...

THE NEW AI-BASED WORLD ORDER / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

The new AI-based world order A single factor is now dictating the hierarchy of global returns Ruchir Sharma © Matt Kenyon It’s hard to recal...