Is Russia A Gangster State? This is what Bill Browder affirms in his book Red Notice WASHINGTON – It is now accepted that Putin’s Russia is animated by a strong nationalist/revanchist spirit. After having...
Fed Induced Wall Street Bubble Keeps Going – For Now Zero interets rates will keep stocks artificially high for longer than we thought. Is this what we call good news? WASHINGTON – Right before the most recent Federal Open Market Committee, (FOMC), meeting, Wall Street was on edge. Would...
China Is Slowing Down – Old Model Not Working Anymore Declining industrial production and a lot of bad debt force public officials to revise growth estimates WASHINGTON – We all know that the Chinese economy is slowing down. But we do not know all the facts....
80% Of All US Children Follow A Bad Diet Because of junk food, millions of American kids are developing heart disease WASHINGTON – The alarming news is that millions of American children now exhibit signs of heart disease normally found...
Cheap Fossil Fuels Killed Renewable Energy Wind and solar had a brief moment of glory because of political mandates. But now there is just too much cheap oil and gas WASHINGTON – Renewable energy had its great moment when we had the convergence between Global Warming predictions (or prophesies?)...
China Dumping Excess Steel China has created enormous over capacity. It is now selling its products below cost to the rest of the world WASHINGTON – In a “normal” capitalistic country, when supply expansion strategies in any given industry exceed market demand, the companies...
Central Banks Administer Monetary Morphine The problem is lack of growth and gigantic debt levels. And yet we only have interest rates suppression, as if this were a cure WASHINGTON – The financial and fiscal “New Normal” across the countries touched or devastated by the Great Recession of...
US Republicans Openly Against Obama’s Deal With Iran Breaking protocol, 47 Republican Senators wrote a letter to Iran in which they warn the leaders that a deal could expire the day Obama leaves the White House WASHINGTON – 47 US Republican Senators wrote an open letter to the top leadership of Iran, putting them on notice...
Russia: Chechens Killed Boris Nemtsov. Really? Chechens may have killed him. But most likely someoone paid them to do this WASHINGTON – Regarding the recent assassination in Moscow of opposition politician Boris Nemtosv, supposedly now we know “the truth”. According...
50 Years After Selma, Blacks Are Still Victims No new ideas from today's Black leaders WASHINGTON – Watching on TV the celebration of Selma’s 50th anniversary held in a Black church left me with...