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An “unthinkable” U.S. public debt default

Policy Center for the New SouthEarlier this month, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told congressional leaders that the government could run out of cash...

Rising Use of Local Currencies in Cross-Border Payments

Policy Center for the New SouthAt the August 22-24 BRICS summit in Johannesburg, the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa said...

What Would Marcus Aurelius Think of Donald Trump?

Can we call Donald Trump “happy”? I think the clear answer is “no”…Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig’s Lucky Loser shows that beneath Trump’s public...

Growth Implications of a Fractured Trading System

Policy Center for the New SouthIf we want to understand . Here, I'll try to highlight the relevant aspects, to use them...

Xi Jinping as Aging Emperor

I need a specialist in Zhongnanhai—in the network of relationships and factions within the high councils of the Chinese Communist Party. Why is the...

A Tale of Two Technology Wars: Semiconductors and Clean Energy

Policy Center for the New SouthThe global economic environment has changed as the U.S.—and to a less confrontational degree, the European Union—have clearly established...

WEEKLY BRIEFLY NOTED: FOR 2024-09-28 Sa

My weekly read-around...Relative heft in “geöëconomics”; non-managers gain relative wage ground; JD Vance is sad people noticed he is a neofascist; China is opaque;...

Resilience and Realignment of Global Trade

The global economy has been through multiple shocks recently: the perfect-storm combination of a pandemic, war in Ukraine, higher frequency of adverse weather events...

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Biden Admin Scrambling To Auction Off Border-Wall Sections Before Trump Takes Office

With Donald Trump set to retake office in January, the Biden administration is scrambling to auction off unused sections of Trump's border wall, the...

Do You Have a Passion for Political Solutions?

This week, as expected, the Federal Reserve did not hike nor cut the federal funds rate.  Instead, following the two-day FOMC meeting, the central...

MiB: Tony Kim, Blackrock Active Technology

     This week, we speak with Tony Kim, Managing Director and Head of the Fundamental Equities’ Global Technology Team at BlackRock. he is manager of...