suddenly, capitalism is visibly sick. The virus of socialism has reemerged and is infecting the young once more
detailsAlthough economists are well positioned to imagine new institutional arrangements, their habit of thinking at the margin and sticking close to the evidence at hand encourages an aversion to radical change...
detailsn our efficiency-obsessed society, new technologies are deployed with the single-minded objective of boosting productivity and eliminating the need for human labor
detailsAt the recent World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, participants made the same mistake they always do
detailsOver the course of this year and next, the biggest economic risks will emerge in those areas where investors think recent patterns are unlikely to change
detailsIran is exerting considerable pressure on the Iraqi government to compel it not to abide by the US sanctions that have been imposed on Tehran in order for it to change
detailsNow that cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have plummeted from last years absurdly high valuations, the techno-utopian mystique of so-called distributed-ledger technologies should be next.
detailsGovernments are largely responsible for the borrowing binge, with their debt growing not just nominally...
detailsClausewitz famously observed that war has an enduring nature and a changing character that evolves over time as technology, society, economics, and politics shift. This observation also applies to strategic leadership: it too has an enduring nature and a
detailsTurkey is trying to rewrite the chapter on crisis management in the emerging-market playbook...
detailsIt is important for any investor to think about putting their money into oil to consider how the price of oil is affected
detailsThe end of the Iran Deal will strengthen the hand of Tehrans hardliners
detailsTurbulent developments in the past few months on the foreign exchange and gold markets in Iran
detailsThe opposite of populist nationalism is not globalist elitism; it is economic realism. And in the end, countries such as Britain, the United States
detailsThe euro may be approaching another crisis. Italy, the eurozones third largest economy, has chosen what can at best be described as a Euroskeptic government
detailsA look at a decade of failed social, economic and political reform in Jordan goes a far way to explain recent mass anti-government protests demanding the resignation of the government.
detailsPessimism afflicts those who have lost out economically
detailsAt least since the days of John Maynard Keynes, professional economists have not had to worry too much about the moral implications of their technical work
detailsCryptocurrencies promise to realize Friedrich Hayek’s dream of a free market in money. But human societies have discovered no better way to keep the value of money roughly constant than by relying on central banks to exercise control over its issue
detailsThere are several factors that have introduced uncertainty into the market, prompting upward pressure on oil prices.
detailsThe cryptocurrency revolution, which started with bitcoin in 2009, claims to be inventing new kinds of money
detailsThe view that AI-driven machines will outsmart humanity, take over the world, and kill us all
detailsSome may view the US dollar’s appreciation as consistent with a longer-term rebalancing of the global economy. But, as Argentina’s recent request for IMF financing starkly demonstrates
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