Puerto Rico Declares Bankruptcy

By Stephen Lendman Puerto Rico faces a long, painful struggle ahead. Stephen Lendman elaborates on how it has come to this and what could the...

From State of Exception to Anti-Coup Dictatorship in Erdoğan’s Turkey  

By Volga Can Ozben and Richard Westra Volga Can Ozben and Richard Westra maintain Turkey under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as a poster case for the...

French Election Fraud?

By Peter Koenig Peter Koenig delivers us a bold analysis on the recently held French elections. Now that Macron holds the French presidency, Koenig reminds...

Emmanuel Macron Victory and the Fragility of the European Union

En Marche Candidate Prevails with Support of World Financial System By Abayomi Azikiwe French politics has captured the eyes of the world for the past months....

Buying American, Losing America

By Dan Steinbock Recently, President Trump signed his “Buy American, Hire American” executive order. Ironically, while the stated goal is to put “America First”, the...

The Philippine Peso Squeeze      

By Dan Steinbock In the first quarter, the Philippine peso depreciated against the US dollar. Internationally, this was attributed to President Duterte’s policies. In...

Syria – Trump may just have started WWIII

By Peter Koenig The conflict in Syria continues to haunt not only the media but also the minds and hearts of people who have witnessed...

The Trump-Xi Summit Paves the Way to New Realism in US-Chinese Trade

By Dan Steinbock                  Despite preliminary pessimism, the Trump-Xi Summit showed greater trade pragmatism than initially expected, even though it was overshadowed by a raw...

Trade is Slowing Down: What Does This Imply for Globalisation and Public Policy?

By Danny Leipziger The phenomenon of slower world trade growth coincides with new protectionist sentiment and challenges to the view that globalisation is welfare-enhancing, fair,...

Brexit and the Banks: Fight or Flight?

By Barbara Casu This article discusses the key implications of Brexit for the UK financial services industry, looking at the differences between: membership vs. access;...

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China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth

By Danny Leipziger China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives? China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...

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