Major Economic Reforms In Saudi Arabia? Prince Mohammed would like to see quick modernization. It will not happen
WASHINGTON – What is going in Saudi Arabia? Probably too much. We have now an odd stew of engineered...
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Emerging Markets Crisis Dragging Down The Global Economy Commodities prices collapse exposing trillions of dollars of bad debt. Negative ripple effects
WASHINGTON – Will emerging markets in crisis drag down the global economy? Probably not. But they have added and...
Ayatollah Khamenei Warns About US “Deceit And Treachery” Open anti-Americanism still the norm in Tehran. Is this the new era in US-Iranian relations?
WASHINGTON – According to Reuters, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday approved the lifting of sanctions against...
“The Economist” Mocking China Front page illustraation showing a scared dragon going downhill while a disheveled President Xi tries to stay on the saddle
WASHINGTON – It is no surprise that The Economist‘s cover this week is about China. The Shanghai Stock Market...
By Showing Captured US Sailors Iran Scored A Huge Propaganda Victory The video showing US sailors taken prisoners was released in order to openly humiliate America
WASHINGTON – Two small US Navy boats drifted off course while sailing in the Persian Gulf and ended up...
Why Self-Driving Cars? Upgrade Bus Networks Instead The problem is not that cars are not efficient. The problem is that there are too many cars.
WASHINGTON – The ongoing buzz about the marvel of “driverless cars” soon hitting the roads is a bit too...
How Much Overcapacity In China? Monstrous Cement production went beyond any thinkable measure
WASHINGTON – It has been said many times that the recent commodity prices collapse is due to sudden lack...
Immigrants No Longer Welcome in Europe A few instances of criminal behavior gave a bad name to all new comers
WASHINGTON – Predictably, the European refugee problem has turned into a major Europe-wide political crisis. Anti-immigrant, far right political...
China Worries Fostered By Unreliable Government Data Analysts tend to think the worst when something unusual happens
WASHINGTON – What’s going on in the Chinese economy? Nobody knows, really. We get bits and pieces; but not...
The West Is Impotent Regarding North Korea Kim Jong Un has atomic weapons; but he runs an impoverished country, with a decrepit economy
WASHINGTON – North Korea is at it again. Apparently dictator Kim Jong Un ordered another atomic test, claiming that...