HEDGE FUNDS TITANS ARE TESTING THE QUALITY OF U.S. DEMOCRACY / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENT & ANALYSIS

May 11, 2014 6:33  Hedge fund titans are testing the quality of US democracy By Edward Luce If branches of government b...

SHADOW BANKING : THE LURE OF SHADOW BANKING / THE ECONOMIST

Shadow banking The lure of shadow banking Shadow banks helped cause the financial crisis. Better regulated, they could help avert th...

AMERICA'S ENDURING LEADERSHIP / PROJECT SYNDICATE

BRUCE JONES Bruce Jones is Senior Fellow and Director of the project on international order and strategy at the Brookings Institution ...

SHADOW BANKING : SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE / THE ECONOMIST

Shadow and substance As banks retreat in the wake of the financial crisis, “shadow banks” are taking on a growing share of their busines...

NO ONE TRUSTS WASHINGTON ON CLIMATE CHANGE / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENT & ANALYSIS

May 9, 2014 3:57 pm No one trusts Washington on climate change By Christopher Caldwell In the age of the Iraq war and Obamacare, the ...

A LIGHT UNTO CITIES / PROJECT SYNDICATE

JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ Joseph E. Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate in economics and University Professor at Columbia University, was Chairman of Pr...

WIPE OUT RENTIERS WITH CHEAP MONEY / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENT & ANALYSIS

May 6, 2014 7:10 pm Wipe out rentiers with cheap money By Martin Wolf Cautious savers no longer serve a useful economic p...

THE TECHNO-POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION / PROJECT SYDICATE

The Techno-Political Transformation Klaus Schwab MAY 5, 2014 GENEVA – It would be an understatement to say that our world is under...

DON'T IGNORE THE ANECDOTES / JOHN MAULDIN'S OUTSIDE THE BOX NEWSLETTER

Don't Ignore the Anecdotes By Richard Yamarone My top three fears for 2014 are: 1) income inequality that erodes the middle class...