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The Financial Times Paints Rosy Picture Of Spain’s Economic Tragedy A recent story focused on higher economic growth. It deliberately downplays Spain's 24% unemployment rate

WASHINGTON – The Financial Times is read by top executives and business leaders. And this is because supposedly it is...

Obama’s “Power Africa” Initiative Never Took Off Major investments in power generation did not happen. Too much bureaucracy

WASHINGTON – Anybody who knows sub-Saharan Africa will tell you that the main obstacle to additional economic growth is...

US EPA: Fracking Does Not Create Systemic Water Safety Risks A lenghty report indicates that a few recorded accidents are due to faulty well construction

WASHINGTON – After years of research and analysis, a 1,399 page US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report concluded that hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is safe....

US Airport Screeners Failed To Detect Weapons In 96% Of Test Cases Gigantic security failure treated as ordinary news

WASHINGTON – The US Department of Homeland Security tested the capabilities of the Transportation Security Administration airport screeners by...

No Good Cities In Developing Countries Chaotic urbaniization means epic traffic and poor services

WASHINGTON – Many emerging countries have made progress in their own economic development. Growth is up, poverty is down. And...

China Exports Excess Capacity Below Cost US producers displaced by Chinese dumping

WASHINGTON – In order to build strong defenses against the ill effects of the 2008 Great Recession China launched a...

THE US Shale Industry Survived Oil Prices Collapse High cost producers managed to increase productivity

WASHINGTON – When oil prices suddenly collapsed, going from $ 100 per barrel to $ 50 or less, the almost...

Political Opinions Are Based On Bias and Emotions People support candidates and issues without any serious reflection. Media tend to reinforce bias

WASHINGTON – The most stunning feature of Hillary Clinton’s vast popularity is that even her most loyal supporters are...

Can Greece Be Saved? Negotiators still believe that there is a "solution" that will allow Greece to stay in the Eurozone and pay its debts

WASHINGTON – The latest round of negotiations aimed at solving the Greek crisis (Yes, 6 years later we are...

While The US Protests, China Keeps Building Bases In The South China Sea There is no way that the US will risk a military confrontation in order to force China to give up its claims

WASHINGTON – China decided that America is in a (probably irreversible) phase of global retreat. Whatever the rhetoric about...