VLADIMIR PUTIN: RUSSIA´S NEW ERA OF REPRESSION / THE ECONOMIST

Vladimir Putin Russia’s new era of repression It will lead to confrontation with the West Andrei sakharov, a Soviet dissident and physicist,...

BRITAIN´S GAME OF CHICKEN WILL END BADLY / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Britain’s game of Brexit chicken will end badly In threatening to repudiate its deal with the EU, the UK is undermining its credibility as a...

WHY JEROME POWELL MUST GO / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Why Jerome Powell Must Go On all of the defining issues of the moment, US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has shown that his instincts a...

MUTANT STRAIN: COUNTRIES ARE SCRAMBLING TO STOP A NEW COVID VARIANT / THE ECONOMIST

Mutant strain Countries are scrambling to stop a new covid variant How big a threat is Omicron? IF THERE is one lesson the covid-19 pandemic...

CHINA´S SELF-ISOLATION IS A GLOBAL CONCERN / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

China’s self-isolation is a global concern Beijing’s zero-Covid policy is damaging international business and global governance Gideon Rachm...

CHINA´S XI GAINS POWER AS COMMUNIST PARTY DESIGNATES HIM HISTORICAL FIGURE / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

China’s Xi Gains Power as Communist Party Designates Him Historical Figure Decision praises Xi’s ’great political courage’ and armors him ag...

THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF U.S. - CHINA CONFLICT / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The Resistible Rise of US-China Conflict The structure of great-power rivalry may exclude a world of love and harmony, but it does not neces...

INFLATION SURGE FUELS NEGATIVE REAL INTEREST RATES FOR LEADING ECONOMIES / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Inflation surge fuels negative real interest rates for leading economies Central banks are reluctant to tighten too abruptly arguing spike i...

WHERE AMERICA´S FISCAL DEBATE GOES OFF THE RAILS / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Where America's Fiscal Debate Goes Off the Rails The debates about investment in physical and social infrastructure are precisely what t...

INTEREST RATE NORMALIZATION IS IMPOSSIBLE / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

Interest Rate Normalization Is Impossible BY JOHN RUBINO From Pento Portfolio Strategies: Stagflation is undermining the U.S. economy, and t...