THE EMERGING ORDER / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

The Emerging Order By: George Friedman I am writing this from Dubai, on a trip I will describe on my return to the United States.  A summit ...

GERMANY´S ENERGY FIASCO / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Germany's Energy Fiasco In both the short and the long term, Germany will be unable to end Russian gas imports without triggering econom...

THE PARALLELS BETWEEN THE NICKEL-TRADING FIASCO AND THE LIBOR SCANDAL / THE ECONOMIST

Buttonwood The parallels between the nickel-trading fiasco and the LIBOR scandal From afar London’s vaunted finance-industry heritage looks ...

UKRAINE WAR ACCELERATES THE STEALTH EROSION OF DOLLAR DOMINANCE / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Ukraine war accelerates the stealth erosion of dollar dominance Central banks are diversifying reserves beyond the US currency, euro and ren...

COVID LOCKDOWNS REVIVE THE GHOSTS OF A PLANNED ECONOMY / THE NEW YORK TIMES

Covid Lockdowns Revive the Ghosts of a Planned Economy China is meddling with free enterprise as it hadn’t in decades. The results are famil...

CENTRAL ASIA FEELS THE EFFECTS OF THE UKRAINE CRISIS / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

Central Asia Feels the Effects of the Ukraine Crisis The region’s economies are highly dependent on Russia’s. By: Ekaterina Zolotova The cou...

INTO THE FIRE / JOHN MAULDIN´S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

Into the Fire By John Mauldin  If you haven’t noticed—perhaps because you live on Mars—inflation is here.  Not just in the US but almost...