Image: smshoot on iStockWars, polarization, and uncertainty reign in the immediate future.None of the forecasts at the beginning of the year* alerted us to the outcomes we experienced. The widely anticipated recession didn't happen; the U.S. economy is growing...
Photo: Felipe Parucker on PexelsJuan VilloroEspionage is inseparable from English literature. Daniel Defoe, Somerset Maugham, Graham Greene, and, of course, David Cornwell, better known as John Le Carré, were secret agents. The enigmas of loyalty and betrayal fascinate a...
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...
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...
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...
Photo: Igor Rodrigues on UnsplashToday, I begin my letter with an issue that has been worrying me for some time, which seems even more serious today. The new generation of young people known as Generation Z, the next generation...
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 the incompetence of their leaders. Extremists have a fertile ground...