Oil may be a big reason behind the Trump Administration’s aggressive stance towards China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea.
Read more...Some data to debunk a widely-held belief about the relationship between saving and investment.
Read more...Did India’s sudden removal of 86% of hard currency from circulation achieve its aim of fighting corruption? And how much did it hurt growth?
Read more...Will Trump change capitalism, and if so, how?
Read more...Just because Trump gets on with Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage does not mean that a trade pact with the US will be a salvation for the UK.
Read more...Why are public companies not terribly innovative?
Read more...The elites think they can hide from the pending collapse of civilization.
Read more...The media overinvests in covering Trump’s antics at the expense of his corporate-friendly policies.
Read more...As with his campaign, the Trump Presidency is loutish, thin-skinned and thinly staffed, disorderly….and taking ground.
Read more...Why the Job Guarantee versus Universal Basic Income is not about work, but about governance.
Read more...A discussion of mainstream views on productivity growth slippage, plus a pet theory from Yves.
Read more...Baby boomers must start retirement account withdrawals at age 70 1/2 and some do earlier of necessity. Will that affect markets?
Read more...Too much finance is highly correlated with slower growth. But which comes first?
Read more...Black blasts Obama for prescribing austerity and presenting it as good for Americans when it is good only for financiers and the rich.
Read more...How the US and Nigeria wound up with increasingly similar systems, such as centralized, presidential-focused politics.
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