The Disastrous Consequences of China’s One Child Policy It may be too late to fix the damage
WASHINGTON – “ one child mandate is the single greatest social-policy error in human history.” — Nicholas Eberstadt, political...
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Political Change in Argentina? The Peronist candidate for President did not win. He is forced to a run-off with a credible conservative
WASHINGTON – American politics is beginning to look like a Hollywood farce. The Marx Brothers are in charge. They...
US Navy Challenges Beijing In The South China Sea The US Navy has been sent close to islands illegally claimed by China in order to assert freedom of navigation. How will China react?
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration does not have a stellar record either on national security issues or on upholding basic...
Fusion: The Next Energy Revolution Abundant, cheap and emissions free energy for the world
WASHINGTON – TIME‘s cover story (November 2, 2015) has this tantalizing title: “Unlimited Energy. For Everyone. Forever. FUSION, It...
Where Is The New African Middle Class? Rosy predictions failed to materialize. Lack of basic resources like electricity prevent a real economic take-off
WASHINGTON – In a recent article focusing on why the African middle class is still rather small, The Economist...
Thanks To The Central Banks, The Equity Bubble Is Getting Bigger Governments are not engaging in serious economic policy reforms. Central bankers keep pumping in more liquidity. What will happen next?
WASHINGTON – Imagine this. There are lots of chronically sick patients in the hospital. Many of them are deteriorating...
The Real Benghazi Story Is The False Explanation Of the Tragedy, Motivated By Politics Former Secretary of State Clinton may be responsible for a major blunder. But the Obama White House deliberately introduced a false explanation in order to protect the President running for re-election
WASHINGTON – The much-anticipated appearance by Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State and now leading Democratic Party presidential contender,...
David Stockman: China’s Real Economic Figures Are Scary The West cannot insulate itself from a global deflation caused by the end of China's boom
WASHINGTON – Serious international economic and business media in the past used to quote official Chinese economic statistics indicating...
Walking in Lusaka Talking to Mary, marketing specialist
LUSAKA (Zambia) – I was walking in a nice area, with beautiful Jacaranda trees, now almost in full bloom,...
Strange Conversations While In Africa Talking to strangers, you learn what they believe in
LUSAKA (Zambia) – During business trips in far away places it is relatively easy to talk to strangers who...