Image: Petrovv on iStockAntonio NavalónIn the blink of an eye - which for some seemed too little for what was intended to be achieved, and for others, the wait seemed eternal - we have reached the last year of...
Photo: Zameel HZ on UnsplashRicardo Pascoe PierceSimplifying what is happening in Latin America in political, economic, and social terms leads to a failure to perceive long-term trends. Instead, analyses tend to start from immediate circumstances to extrapolate long-term trends.Photo:...
Image: Zurde on ShutterstockRicardo Pascoe PierceThe country is experiencing an explosion of criminal violence against communities throughout the country and unrestrained official corruption. The two phenomena (criminal violence and official corruption) live concatenated with each other, like soul mates....
https://youtu.be/-nUs_ppctB4?si=TOvet65GJGWNWG77Jamie Dimon’s leadership of JPMorgan Chase has often brought a sense of stability to roiling financial markets. But when he looks at the conflicts in Gaza ( which he considers the highest and most important thing for the Western...
Image: Dirk Ercken un UnsplashLuis RubioTwo philosophies of power divide the world: one seeks its concentration to guarantee that the State has full powers to advance equality, while the other seeks its decentralization to ensure citizens' freedom. The first,...
https://www.youtube.com/live/B0m-xSV29ZI?si=aB8MdoTkBKMjdxE6This year’s Nobel Prize Concert brings together world-renowned conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and acclaimed violinist Julia Fischer, together with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. On December 8th, works by Boccherini, Brahms, and Ravel were performed on the Konserthuset Stockholm stage....
Photo: Ehud Neuhaus on UnsplashPercentage of World DebtGraph: on visualcapitalist.comGovernment Debt by Country in Advanced EconomiesGraph: on visualcapitalist.comGross public sector debt as a proportion of GDPGraph: on ourworldindata.orgExternal debt as a share of GNI, 2021Graph: on ourworldindata.orgDeveloping Countries Receiving the Most...