The recent elections now seem pointless. A small oligarchy self-confident of its worth has seized power.

Fear not the stock market. Fear politicians who use its drama as a pretext to do stupid things to the economy.

The veteran EU politician, known as a pragmatic technocrat, could be Rome’s best chance to secure the budget portfolio in the next EU Commission.

Pakistan has become an Islamic hell for Christians.

The solution to the Venezuelan crisis is to dismiss the narratives spread by the Sao Paulo Forum and to recognise Edmundo González as president-elect.

The Federal Reserve faces market pressure to cut rates in September, while the ECB is expected to cut rates shortly before the Fed’s meeting.

Two prominent American politicians want to get the government deeply involved in bitcoin. That does not bode well, either for bitcoin or for the government.

For corporations encouraging egg freezing, childlessness is the point.

While most other Western leaders are the blind leading the blind, Orbán focuses on the future with unmatched clarity.

Not even Spain, the growth leader, is building anything for the future. How much worse can this get?

U.S. debt passes a sad milestone. But the situation is not much better in Europe.

Despite solid current numbers for the U.S. economy, red flags are pointing to a recession in the third quarter—just in time for the November election.