Next year is shaping up to be tough, both for the euro zone and European countries outside of it. How bad will the recession be? Our forecast goes beyond conventional economic wisdom to find out.
The U.S. Congress must make a choice—and make it now. Do they want to play fiscal defense and let the debt grow? Or do they want to play fiscal offense and solve the problem for good?
What can the past 20 years tell us about Europe’s economic future?
The growth in debt will only stop when the U.S. government is struck by a real fiscal crisis. Nothing else will work.
We must refute the myth that Muslim-occupied medieval Spain was a bastion of peace and multiculturalism.
Violence and death threats against teachers refute the myth of schools as sanctuaries.
Past Swedish governments have had a penchant for driving up inflation with tax hikes; will Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s government make better policy decisions?
European central banks agree that inflation may bump up again in 2024. But their explanations for this are oddly incongruent. What is really going on here?
What does BlackRock CEO’s weariness regarding the ESG label signal for the nexus of global finance and political elites?
The drastic devaluation of the peso marks the beginning of President Milei’s crusade against inflation in Argentina. But he needs more than that to succeed.
The Federal Reserve is not eager to cut interest rates, but when they get around to it, they will have to pursue two policy goals at the same time—and one goal excludes the other.
As groups get labeled ‘ultra Right’ by the media, crackdowns against them by French authorities have intensified.
