The dollar is still the dominant global currency with no real challengers. The Chinese yuan, the European euro and other currencies are not as stable, liquid, safe and convertible. The risks to the dollar come not from a challenger but...
Capitalism’s endgame of harvesting the future is in play, now that markets value children’s attention as more valuable for revenue than for learning. There are possible solutions if we can first acknowledge the problem. A review of Dr. Susan Linn Who’s Raising the Kids? provides some clues to the solution.
The COVID-19 pandemic, war, geopolitical rivalry and a growing climate crisis have dominated the news, but very few things match the importance of the 17 sustainable development goals the UN has defined for the future of humanity. The goals can be achieved but only by calling into question the prevailing practices.
There is some evidence that when essential governance is really threatened, Americans will awaken to protect and promote the governmental institutions required to confront existential problems and to ensure the minimum infrastructure and basic services at the core of desirable community life.
While the shady governor of the central bank eludes arrest and accountability, desperate Lebanese are resorting to armed “robberies” to get their own money out of their banks that are refusing to return it to them.
India missed the previous industrial revolutions but can finally industrialize because of global tailwinds, cost-advantages and improvement in domestic innovation.
Sustainable finance is in fashion as it’s seen as a tool for slowing down the impact of climate change. But is it more of a catchword than a clear framework?
The Big Four have been fined £42 million in the UK in the past three years, a startling sum that underscores the need for regulation.
