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UBS Global Wealth Report 2023

The global economy is experiencing a period of astonishing economic alteration. The sweeping changes of the fourth industrial revolution represent the most dramatic structural upheaval in two hundred and...

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Polarizaton is Global. So?

Image and data: on visualcapitalist.comPolarization around the world is increasingly present, in some cases even concerning. Politics in some countries are moved by protesting angry citizens fed up with...

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Argentina marks a turning point.

Ricardo Pascoe PierceArgentina repudiated Peronism, Kirchnerism, leftism, and the populist rhetoric accompanying those governments for over two decades. During that time, it has received political support from Hugo Chávez,...

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Population, Migration, Inflation and Deaths.

Image: on visualcapitalist.comImage: on visualcapitalist.comU.S. InflationGraphs: on bls.govImage: on nytimes.comTo read the whole document, the controls for turning pages and zooming in or out are at the bottom left...

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WTO Downgrades Global Trade Forecast

The World Trade Organization downgraded its projection for trade growth this year to just 0.8 percent from 1.7 percent in April- due to inflation, high interest rates, China’s underwhelming...

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The Four Biggest Threats to the West

https://youtu.be/CN-ngKRDKgw?si=5nA8I63QlGYaPbDh"I don't believe in the 'soft landing' story," said historian and author Niall Ferguson in a conversation with Andy Serwer at Barrons on Sept. 12, 2023. He discusses the...

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Four Interpretations of Islamism

Photo: Saudipics.com on Wikipedia.orgAngel Jaramillo.Between 1989 and 2023, Islamic radicalism has been exacerbated. Four thinkers have offered different explanations for the causes of this phenomenon.Three dates are significant in...