Warren Buffett’s 2022 Annual Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders
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McCaul, Menendez Statement on Mexican Congress’ Vote to Weaken Elections Oversight Agency
Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) released the following statement in reaction to Mexican lawmakers’ approval of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposal to cut funding and strip authorities …
What Will the World Look Like in 2043
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Eras of Globalization
Image: International Monetary Fund Charting Globalization’s Turn to Slowbalization After Global Financial Crisis Trade openness increased after the Second World War, but has slowed following the global financial crisis The free flow of ideas, people, goods, services, and capital across national borders leads to greater economic integration. But globalization, the trend toward these things moving …
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The Simple Aspiring Dictator
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce This week the Mexican President reiterated what he has said: he will violate the law when, in his judgment, he must defend the poor. This approach makes the President violate constitutional precepts daily, starting with his morning press conference (Mañanera). By attacking …
Luis Maizel’s Monthly Letter. Are we already in a Recession?
It is challenging to define what a recession is. The dictionary explains it as a contraction of the economic cycle and a decline in consumption, while economists require two consecutive quarters of decline in GDP. Last year we already had this situation of 2 quarters …
How to Spot a Self-centered, Megalomaniac, Psychopathic, Narcissistic President.
“Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don’t mean to do harm, but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed …
IMF World Economic Outlook January 2023
Global inflation will fall in 2023 and 2024 amid subpar economic growth. Global growth is projected to fall from an estimated 3.4 percent in 2022 to 2.9 percent in 2023, then rise to 3.1 percent in 2024. The forecast for 2023 is 0.2 percentage points …
Avoiding a Long War
U.S. Policy and the Trajectory of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict by Samuel Charap, Miranda Priebe Discussion of the Russia-Ukraine war in Washington is increasingly dominated by the question of how it might end. To inform this discussion, this Perspective identifies ways in which the war could evolve and …
Pink Zócalo
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The reflection of the times. On June 19, 1982, Mexico City’s Zócalo (Mexico City’s main square) witnessed the first independent mobilization in its history. The Unified Socialist Party of Mexico (PSUM) occupied the space to celebrate Arnoldo Martinez Verdugo’s candidacy for the …