Once upon a time, there was a beautiful country in the middle of two oceans where nature was gorgeous and generous; its people were diverse in appearance, culture, and dialects; they built pyramids, calculated calendars, worshiped, and registered the movement of celestial bodies. Millennia later, …
Asia and the Pacific are a relative bright spot amid the more somber context of the global economy’s rocky recovery. As the chart shows, the region will contribute about 70 percent of global growth this year—a much greater share than in recent years, boosted by China’s Reopening. The …
With President Biden’s announcement that he will seek reelection in 2024, a new confrontation with former President Trump, who seems to be the Republican with the best chance of being his party’s candidate, is on the horizon. It is incredible that in a country of …
Overview The outlook is uncertain again amid financial sector turmoil, high inflation, ongoing effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and three years of COVID The baseline forecast is for growth to fall from 3.4 percent in 2022 to 2.8 percent in 2023, before settling at …
George Friedman To read the whole document, the controls for turning pages and zooming in or out are at the bottom left corner above. ” I should emphasize that while presidents are important, they are not the driving force of history.” … ” It is impossible …
Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase & Company, addressed his letter to shareholders along with the Annual Report 2022, alerting that America remains divided within its borders, and its global leadership role is being challenged outside of its borders. complaining that the financial …
March was one of the most chaotic months we have experienced in the last decade. The problem of the banks in the United States, the continuous and now violent protests in France against the change in the retirement age, the widespread outcry against changes to …
Luis Rubio What is the moment at which the social order breaks down? When is it most probable for a society to enter processes of confrontation outside of the established institutional channels? Questions like these are the material of permanent discussion and analysis in academic …
