Global Economy

The recent collapse of the Argentine Peso and other emerging currencies doesn't bode well for the global economy.

The EU’s precariousness will only be fully exposed by the next credit crisis and the ECB’s response to it, which will end up collapsing the euro.

Neither the United States nor the European Union are so free of protectionist “sin” to cast retaliatory tariff stones at the other. 

Trump has exposed the hypocrisy of the "free trade" advocates in China and Europe. But by raising tariffs, Trump and other world leaders are inviting disaster. 

Has China blown the biggest credit bubble in history?

When we look at median incomes, we find that many European countries don't compare very well to many US states.

Nomi Prins previews her talk at our event in Ft. Worth, based on her new book Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World.

It takes a lot of verbal acrobatics to conclude that Venezuela's woes are not due to it's extensive implementation of the socialist program. 

In the post-recession world, the ECB has fired multiple rounds in its arsenal of Keynesian weapons. But now it's out of ammo.

The realities of modern Venezuela, combined with the global ambitions of China, could make a deal between the two countries a logical outcome.