Category: Analysis

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: ECB Issues Grim Economic Outlook

Euros & Dollars: ECB Issues Grim Economic Outlook

The latest policy statement from the euro zone’s central bank is a harsh message to all governments that have budget problems.

March 8, 2024
History is Coming to Lisbon

History is Coming to Lisbon

After half a century of solid left-wing hegemony, Portugal might be days away from an extraordinary shift to the Right.

March 8, 2024
Euros & Dollars: Despite Recession, Some Good News for Europe

Euros & Dollars: Despite Recession, Some Good News for Europe

After a long, agonizing encounter with monetary inflation, Europe is back to more normal levels of price increases. Ironically, that bodes well for the EU economy for the coming recession.

March 7, 2024
Liberals Are Fretting About the Trump-Orbán Meeting

Liberals Are Fretting About the Trump-Orbán Meeting

The former U.S. President and the Hungarian Prime Minister are the two symbols on either side of the Atlantic of a reemerging anti-globalist, anti-woke, conservative alliance.

March 6, 2024
Euros & Dollars: More Experts Worry About U.S. Debt

Euros & Dollars: More Experts Worry About U.S. Debt

More and more finance experts express worry about the U.S. government’s debt. Only Congress can prevent a fiscal crisis, but time is running out—fast.

March 6, 2024
Euros & Dollars: Recession To Strike EU in Time for June Elections

Euros & Dollars: Recession To Strike EU in Time for June Elections

Jobless rates are rising, especially among young workers.

March 5, 2024
Euros & Dollars: Another Warning for the U.S. Debt Market

Euros & Dollars: Another Warning for the U.S. Debt Market

Every time there is a disturbance in the market for U.S. debt, the American economy inches closer to a full-scale debt crisis. We just moved another inch or two.

March 1, 2024
Euros & Dollars: Worrying Trend in U.S. Debt Market

Euros & Dollars: Worrying Trend in U.S. Debt Market

The trend with worried debt market investors continues. If this gets worse, higher—not lower—interest rates will be the least of our concerns.

February 29, 2024
Euros & Dollars: What Is Monetary Seigniorage?

Euros & Dollars: What Is Monetary Seigniorage?

Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, talks about making ‘seigniorage’ illegal. But does he really know what the term means?

February 28, 2024
Fact-Checking Meta’s Fact-Checkers

Fact-Checking Meta’s Fact-Checkers

A look at the 29 organizations tasked with policing political content on social media ahead of EU elections

February 28, 2024
Euros & Dollars: Javier Milei’s War on Inflation

Euros & Dollars: Javier Milei’s War on Inflation

The president of Argentina wants to make it illegal to print money for budget deficits. Economic theory says he is right, but the politics of the welfare state may get in his way.

February 27, 2024
Spanish Government Mired in COVID Corruption Scandal

Spanish Government Mired in COVID Corruption Scandal

Repression and fear provided an opportunity for higher-ups in Spain’s Socialist Party to rob the taxpayer of his money as well as his freedom.

February 27, 2024