Category: Analysis

VOX and Spain’s Local Coalitions

It is dubious that Spain’s likely PP-led government will allow VOX to steer it away from its commitments to the UN’s 2030 Agenda, or away from acting like a slightly less ‘woke’ PSOE.

COVID Lab Leak: Pieces of a Deadly Puzzle

Little did we know that, by 2020, the pandemic was almost two decades in the making. The Sunday Times’ investigative report tells an incredible tale of American money, Chinese secrecy, and unrestrained human hubris.

Fiscal Forecast: Should Hungary Join the Euro?

Judging from the comments by central bank president György Matolcsy, Hungary could join the euro in 2030 or soon thereafter. Would such a membership be good for Hungary?

Fiscal Forecast: The Degrowth Delusion

There are those who want to force humanity into ‘degrowth.’ That is a dangerous path to go down, and it is unnecessary. Our capitalist economy is becoming more and more efficient over time. In short, it is doing more with less.

Fiscal Forecast: Debt and De-Dollarization, Part II

Can the U.S. government and its allies prevent a determined group of countries from de-dollarizing and significantly hurting the U.S. economy in the process? How would de-dollarization be affected if the unthinkable happens and Russia wins in Ukraine?

Fiscal Forecast: Debt and De-Dollarization, Part I

The new debt-ceiling deal has its merits, but it also kicks the big spending reform can down the road. It also ignores the broader threat to the U.S. economy: de-dollarization. On that front, there is one event that could end dollar hegemony with one stroke of the pen.