Global Economy

Vytas Žukauskas tells the story of Lithuania after the Soviet Union.

Pundits are hoping that instead of a crisis, we just get a "global economic slowdown." Given the damage done by central banks, a sustained slowdown would be a best-case scenario.

Pumping yet more credit into the Eurozone is as effective as giving adrenalin to a dead horse. 

Existing political tensions within the EU are certain to escalate as the EU falls behind in global economic power, and Brussels, hooked on profligacy, for the first time faces budget cuts.

Mexican interventionists are now pushing the idea that Mexico is a country dominated by a free-market ideology which they call "neo-liberalism." But any serious look at Mexico's government makes it clear this is not the case.

The European central bank has no ammunition left with which to address any serious economic downturn.

Since 2008, China has amassed a mountain of debt, and continues to operate countless "zombie" companies and money-losing factories.

Germany’s role as the locomotive and economic leader of the entire bloc has been crucial for the last decade.

The monetary czars at the world’s central banks are coming to terms with the fact that a no-deal Brexit now seems to be the most likely outcome.

Europe is falling behind North American and China in the tech sector. This is not by chance or bad luck, it is by design.