Category: Analysis

China’s Strategic Mistake in Venezuela 

China supports Maduro so it can recover the multimillion-dollar investments it made in Venezuela. But the Chinese Fund only served to swell the pockets of corrupt officials.

Can You Trust U.S. Economic Statistics?

The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics has admitted to a major error in estimating U.S. employment. Was this incompetence, understaffing—or something else?

Fed, ECB To Cut Rates While Inflation Stays Up

As the Federal Reserve readies its first rate cut since the inflation spike, it joins the ECB in facing an economic slowdown with persistent, elevated inflation rates.

South Africa’s Political Future

South Africa’s Political Future

For the first time since 1994, South Africa’s ANC does not have an absolute majority. What comes next will be an important test for the RSA.

Euros & Dollars: The Rate Cut Europe Did Not Need

Euros & Dollars: The Rate Cut Europe Did Not Need

There are signs that the policymakers at the ECB realize that this rate cut was not a very good idea. 

June 7, 2024
Let Taiwan Join the OECD

Let Taiwan Join the OECD

China, which is a partner rather than an OECD member, has been allowed to block a wider role for Taiwan.

June 7, 2024
Euros & Dollars: Britain’s Unending Economic Decline

Euros & Dollars: Britain’s Unending Economic Decline

The skirmish between Prime Minister Sunak and Labour leader Starmer over health care funding reveals a deeply rooted structural flaw in the British economy.

June 6, 2024
Left-Liberal Polish Government Neck and Neck With Conservatives in EU Election Poll

Left-Liberal Polish Government Neck and Neck With Conservatives in EU Election Poll

Donald Tusk’s government is like the “extended arm” of the European Union, conservative Polish journalist says.

June 5, 2024
Euros & Dollars: High U.S. Interest Rates Are Here To Stay

Euros & Dollars: High U.S. Interest Rates Are Here To Stay

For two major reasons, you should plan your personal finances on the premise that interest rates will remain high for the long haul.

June 5, 2024
Euros & Dollars: France Deserved Its Downgrade

Euros & Dollars: France Deserved Its Downgrade

Unless the French political leadership does something radical, more downgrades are coming.

June 4, 2024
The Transatlantic Significance of the European Elections

The Transatlantic Significance of the European Elections

If the Right does as well in the European elections, American conservatives might find that they have a critical mass of allies in Europe.

June 4, 2024
Euros & Dollars: U.S. Debt Up $3 Trillion in One Year

Euros & Dollars: U.S. Debt Up $3 Trillion in One Year

Getting the numbers right is the first step toward closing the budget gap. Here is the first step; when will we see the next?

June 1, 2024
“Our Turn”: Why Does Europe’s Youth Turn to the Right?

“Our Turn”: Why Does Europe’s Youth Turn to the Right?

We’re now witnessing one youth rebellion wishing to tear down the product of another: the left-liberal hegemony seeded by the student rebels of ’68.

May 30, 2024
Euros & Dollars: Europe Is Trapped by the Welfare State

Euros & Dollars: Europe Is Trapped by the Welfare State

By design, the standard European welfare state traps people in perennial dependency on government.

May 30, 2024
Slovenia: The Consequences of the Double Standards in Brussels

Slovenia: The Consequences of the Double Standards in Brussels

The EU is silent as a leftist government shuts down conservative media.

May 30, 2024