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http://www.nus.edu.sg/alumnet/thealumnus/issue-121/perspectives/panorama/can-we-benefit-from-bipolarity Caught between the superpowers that are China and the United States, Southeast Asian countries may feel the pressure to choose sides. What then, is a prudent course to take?…
Once again, markets are crashing and taxpayers are bailing out wealthy insiders. It’s time we reform this perverse social contract. At a time of coronavirus-induced panic in the financial markets,…
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/physical-gold-will-soon-break-free-paper-market-spectacular-fashion Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Marklet.com, Not long ago, the idea of gold and silver market manipulation was considered the realm of “conspiracy theory”. Alternative economists and precious metals…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/gradually-suddenly-tim-o-reilly/?utm_source=wanqu.co&utm_campaign=Wanqu+Daily&utm_medium=website There’s a passage in Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises in which a character named Mike is asked how he went bankrupt. “Two ways,” he answers. “Gradually, then…
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/01/gangs-really-matter.html We study the effects that two of the largest gangs in Latin America, MS-13 and 18th Street, have on economic development in El Salvador. We exploit the fact that…
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2019/08/an-email-i-sent-on-negative-nominal-interest-rates.html Some of the negative nominal premium comes from the fact that you need these govt. securities for collateral, REPOs, clearinghouse margin, etc. That doesn’t explain the change, but this…
http://www.unz.com/rpaul/are-recessions-inevitable/ Stocks fell last week following news that the yield curve on Treasury notes had inverted. This means that a short-term Treasury note was paying higher interest rates than long-term…
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2019/06/civic-honesty-around-the-globe.html I am a bit late to this party, having been traveling, but I will serve this one up anyway: Civic honesty is essential to social capital and economic development,…
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2019/06/the-economics-of-privacy.html Perhaps the biggest complaint about tech companies today is that they do not respect our privacy. They gather and store data on us, and in some cases, such as…
https://www.ft.com/content/f2e3e93a-72d4-11e9-bf5c-6eeb837566c5 For anyone who has negotiated with either Donald Trump or the Chinese Communist party, the collapse of US-China trade talks thanks to last-minute brinkmanship will come as no surprise.…