The Globalist

Under Xi Jinping, will China opt for a “new totalitarianism,” the current “hard authoritarianism,” turn back to a sort of “soft authoritarianism” or move toward a “semi-democracy”?

Is a world of approximately equal country incomes really possible to envisage any time soon?

In an even bigger shock than on immigration, a new GOP nightmare could unfold on taxes.

Donald Trump and Wall Street are both at big-time bubble stage. When they come crashing down, that could deal a severe blow to the entire world.

If anything, the German Problem is complacency, not the current account surplus.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif being kicked out of office for corruption is a triumph for transparency and justice.

Germany’s over-dependence on its automotive industry will be its undoing.

Lula’s sentence is a signal to all of Latin America that justice can prevail. From Mexico to the tip of Argentina, corruption has pervaded politics for decades. Now is the time to fix it for good.

The fall in the value of oil has far reaching knock-on effects.

If Airbnb knowingly facilitates criminal activity, it should itself be treated as a criminal enterprise.