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China: Where to?

Photo: Carlos de Souza on UnsplashLuis RubioChina has become a factor of interminable dispute: will it replace the United States as the next superpower? Is the authoritarianism that characterizes...

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Expenditure, Debt, and Inflation

Photo: Andre Moura on PexelsManuel Suárez Mier*The interest rate on the 10-year US Treasury bond almost tripled from a year earlier and is twice the level it was just...

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Winds of war

Photo: George Desipris on PexelsAntonio NavalónSeen the world as a whole and taking into account the enemy that sooner or later will end up killing us either in the...

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Without the Option

Photo: Pashalgnatov on iStockLuis RubioWhen divorce is outside the realm of possibility, the two parties are obliged to understand each other one way or another. That is the rationale...

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The Lie in Political Discourse

Photo: United Nations Covid 19 Response on UnsplashManuel Suárez Mier*The famed and prolific US legal expert Cass Sunstein just published the fascinating book "Liars: Falsehoods and Free Speech in...

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The Second Round

Image: Carlo Toffolo on iStockAntonio NavalónWe will never know how lucky we were to discover that we were mortal suddenly. It is practically impossible to reconstruct what the world...

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From Barkeep to Drunkard

Photo: Thiago Miranda o PexelsLuis RubioAn old joke has it that a candidate offers the electorate the option of heaven or hell. The voter first visits heaven, finding everything...

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The Left Hand

Photo: Freestocker on iStockJuan VilloroVicente Rojo was seven years old when his mother had to sell the piano. His father, who belonged to the Communist Party, had gone into...