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In Spain, simply doing nothing is not an option!
The recent IMF proposals to help stimulate growth and job creation in Spain at least deserve serious consideration. What the IMF are saying is that if you leave the situation as it is then growth will not be sufficient to make any…
Spain: The recession may be ending but the crisis continues
What follows is an interview I did over the summer with the Madrid based publication The Local.
“The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders”
Everything I have read says that the U.S. is going to bomb Syria. The only question is how to win over the American people in the court of public opinion. So that's where the Göring quote comes in. Basically, he's saying that dictatorships…
The US debt ceiling debacle will begin all over again this Fall
Yet again, the U.S. debt ceiling is going to become a political football that could threaten the U.S. and global economy. While I don't think the U.S. will default on its debt these recurring manufactured crises make the U.S. extremely…
Sallie Krawcheck on the Fed Chair selection process
As major central bankers meet in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Bloomberg, Bloomberg Surveillance was talking about who is going to replace Bernanke as the head of the Federal Reserve. I especially like the way that Sallie Krawcheck discusses the…
The German election campaign is getting into high gear
The center-left could unseat Merkel, but its sectarian tendencies make it unlikely. The SPD and Greens have refused to consider the Linke (Left) party as a coalition member. The Left's agenda, which is anti-NATO and anti-EU, is…
Five reasons why China will scrap the one-child policy
By Sober Look
Rumors have been circulating for some time in the media that China is considering scrapping the one-child policy that was launched back in 1979. But the nation's official paper suggested last week that although plans to…
The changing debate over China’s economy
The serious debate has not been about whether or not China’s collapse is imminent. The disagreement was whether or not investment misallocation and the repression of household income growth were fundamental to the Chinese growth model. The…
Fed Statement Similar, No Talk of Tapering
With many observers expecting the Fed to taper in September, disappointment that there was nothing in the statement to support such ideas has seen the dollar fall and the stocks and bonds traded higher.
Right now the bet is for Larry Summers as Fed Chair
Within the next few months the Obama administration is expected to announce a nominee for Ben Bernanke's replacement. Two names have been bounced around recently: Janet Yellen and Larry Summers. According to Google Trends, here is what…