THE DEVILISH DETAIL: THE SPOILS FROM AMERICAN CORPORATE TAX REFORM ARE UNEVENLY SPREAD / THE ECONOMIST

The devilish detail The spoils from American corporate tax reform are unevenly spread All-American firms benefit the most, multinationa...

THE GERMAN QUESTION / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

The German Question By George Friedman Ever since German unification in 1871, Germany’s fate has defined Europe’s future. Germany’s ec...

WHAT INVESTORS ARE MISSING IN JUNK BONDS / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

What Investors Are Missing in Junk Bonds High-yield market has gotten more diversified but many investors are stuck with old, U.S.-heavy ...

TRUMP´S WAR PSYCHE AND WORLD PEACE / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Trump’s War Psyche and World Peace Bandy X. Lee , Jeffrey D. Sachs    NEW YORK – When Donald Trump took office early last year, many...

HOW THE WEST GOT CHINA WRONG: DECADES OF OPTIMISM ABOUT CHINA´S RISE HAVE BEEN DISCARDED / THE ECONOMIST

How the West got China wrong Decades of optimism about China’s rise have been discarded Clear thinking and a united front are needed, b...

PESSIMISM AMID PLENTY / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Pessimism Amid Plenty Michael Spence MILAN – A few years ago, I wrote a book called The Next Convergence, about how developing econom...

HOW GARGANTUAN CAN PRIVATE EQUITY GET? / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

How Gargantuan Can Private Equity Get? The previous fundraising boom led to some of the most troubled deals ever done by private equity ...

THE LONG-TERM RETURNS FROM COLLECTIBLES / THE ECONOMIST

Buttonwood The long-term returns from collectibles Investing in the finer things of life BONDS, shares and Treasury bills are all...

CRACKS / CREDIT BUBBLE BULLETIN

Cracks Doug Nolan After posting an inter-week high of 25,800 on Tuesday, the DJIA then dropped 1,583 points (6.1%) at the week’s Fri...

COLD WAR II / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Cold War II Richard N. Haass NEW YORK – The Cold War lasted four decades, in many ways both beginning and ending in Berlin. The go...

RUSSIA DIRTY TRICKS: HOW PUTIN MEDDLES IN WESTERN DEMOCRACIES / THE ECONOMIST

Russia’s dirty tricks How Putin meddles in Western democracies And why the West’s response is inadequate IN THE late 1980s, as Mi...