Image: Metamorworks on iStockAntonio NavalónWe, the people, must decide whether to be part of endurance tests or to chart our destiny in which democratic values and the value and respect for our rights are the main driving force.Lately, being...
Image: Paolo Farinella on iStockLuis RubioThe discourse, body language, and tone are increasingly more intolerant and revealing of a growing despair. Verbal radicalization was on the rise throughout last year, culminating in indiscriminate attacks against educational institutions, journalists, and...
Photo: bpr.orgPedro Ramírez CampuzanoThere are 50 new unoccupied cities in China. We are used to tracking the history of a city from a small coterie evolving over decades and centuries to become a metropolis, not the other way around. ...
Image: Andrea de Santis on UnsplashJOSÉ MANUEL SUÁREZ-MIER Erica Chenoweth shows that peaceful resistance is more effective than armed struggle. In the current climate of anxiety that prevails in many countries, especially those suffering from authoritarian leadership or aspiring...
https://youtu.be/TGiAln3Wi7sYouTube.com A Conversation with Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says tensions over Taiwan risk leading to a miscalculation between the U.S. and China as both nations step up activity around...
RESEARCH UPDATE: Mexico 'BBB' Foreign Currency And 'BBB+' Local Currency Long-Term Ratings Affirmed; Outlook Remains NegativeOverviewMexico is poised to close 2021 with a 5.8% rebound in GDP, which leaves a still sizable outputgap coming out of the pandemic-induced recession...
Decreasing prices of consumer durables: technological innovation and economies of scaleIn the chart shown we see the price changes in goods and services in the United States from 1997-2017, measured as the percentage price change since 1997. Positive values...