by editor | Sep 7, 2019 | Top Page Links
Donald Trump’s famous claim that “trade wars are easy to win” has attracted much “I told you so”-ing from economists and pundits, as the U.S. dispute with China drags on and on in the face of Chinese intransigence,...
by editor | Sep 6, 2019 | Top Page Links
The Brexit impasse has pushed British politics close to the historic boundaries of its democratic system of government, and the only thing that’s certain is that this is not a good thing. The Wall Street Journal notes the ways that Boris...
by editor | Sep 6, 2019 | Top Page Links
There is now a serious risk that escalating trade disputes between major global players will tip the world economy into recession, warns the Financial Times editorial board in a new op-ed published Friday. The FT opinion chiefs tally a number of...
by editor | Sep 5, 2019 | Top Page Links
In the good old days of the Cold War (well, old days at least) the Pentagon was a key driver of technological innovation, and its dominance was reflected in the structure of R&D and procurement programs. But the old bureaucracy is woefully...
by editor | Sep 5, 2019 | Top Page Links
Reports on climate change have a funny way of raising more questions than they answer. Depending on which experts and pundits you choose to believe, the world is either already feeling the impact of climate change on agricultural production, or the...
by editor | Sep 5, 2019 | Top Page Links
Any country which tries to confront China’s unfair trade policies by itself, including rampant theft of IP and anti-competitive practices, is probably doomed to failure given the sheer size of the Chinese economy — and this judgment...
