Politics

Everybody's talking about this video of G-7 leaders laughing at US President Donald Trump during the recent NATO summit. While most people are just giggling about it, I think it reflects a much deeper issue. Take a look. .@JustinTrudeau,…

I want to tie a number of economic and political topics together today as a way of thinking about what the next 18 months in the US will mean. And a lot of it starts with the US domestic economy. Recession watch Over the past several years,…

The latest polling data show Americans in favour of an impeachment investigation, one that the White House is telling government officials and allies to impede. I think this is an error in strategy by Trump. And the ultimate consequence may…

Inter-subjectivity For the past couple of weeks, I have been listening to an audiobook recommended by a friend I recently visited in London. It It's called Sapiens - and it bills itself as "a brief history of humankind". I find the book a…

I am back from my beach vacation. So, let me outline what my thinking is after a period of reflection and how it has changed or stayed the same. I last posted more than a week ago right before I left, regarding my frustration about…

I was thinking about this topic this morning and I wanted to run it by you. The genesis of it all was an interview I did with Rohan Grey and Kevin Muir on Real Vision regarding MMT. And one conclusion I drew - partially motivated by the…

Splintering I am in the process of editing a video at Real Vision where the founder, Raoul Pal, is talking to Dee Smith, the CEO of Strategic Insight Group. It's going to be released in early June. Interestingly, Dee Smith was making a lot…

Yesterday, in the US, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq indices hit record highs. And the Dow Jones Industrial Average is not far behind. Financial markets are doing well. In the real economy, for weeks now I have suggested that the signs of…

I apologize in advance for posting this downbeat narrative. But it's what came to mind after reading the news after the Mueller Report was released in the US yesterday. Let me tell you where I'm going with this and what I think it means.…

Very quickly here: Yesterday, British Prime Minister Theresa May gave an informal address to the nation from her couch at a the Prime Minister's country retreat, Chequers.The informality of the address is what first caught people’s eye.…