What was Modi thinking? Even though Trump is surely exaggerating what his deal amounts to, it looks like a big climbdown for India.
Read more...Many factors point to the value, one might even say necessity, of Trump going TACO on Iran soon. But what might happen then?
Read more...Why the dollar is more of a safe haven than it might seem, despite Trump’s persistent undermining.
Read more...Davos 2026 points to a new world order—technocratic, executive and corporate—powered by AI and digital currencies
Read more...A look at the overly-large, internally conflicted role of the Federal Reserve and Trump’s dodgy aims in trying to bring it under his control.
Read more...More on the prospects for the dollar. Even under Trump, it remains the cleanest shirt in the laundry bin.
Read more...How the Democrats brought crypto back from the dead after the FTX collapse and how weak oversight harms consumers and produces systemic risk.
Read more...Trump pursues another own goal by escalating with Fed chair Powell over his refusal to lower interest rates by launching a criminal probe.
Read more...An in-depth article from a leftist vantage on China’s extensive involvement in Africa finds that it has been a net negative for development
Read more...Central banks diversify their holdings from the dollar into dozens of smaller non-traditional reserve currency alternatives.
Read more...Why Trump’s National Security Strategy and his efforts to shore up dollar dominance are proofs of weakness.
Read more...Why alarmism about public debt is fundamentally misguided.
Read more...It’s hard to be cynical enough in looking at EU rationales and motives for strengthening their hold on Russia’s seized assets.
Read more...A Tobin tax is a no-brainer for reducing speculation and financial crisis risk. That is reason enough to keep it from being implemented.
Read more...Even with the Putin-Modi lovefest and shared strategic aims, meeting their trade targets will be a heavy lift.
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