Economy

Economic news and global market trends

*Visions from San Francisco Bay*

*Visions from San Francisco Bay*

European and American capitalism were different.  The violence of human clashes in America took place on the surface, in the open.  The violence in Europe became formalized, coalesced with class divio...

August 29, 2026
Fed Chair Says Inflation Isn’t Slowing

Fed Chair Says Inflation Isn’t Slowing

Home > Economy Economy | August 28, 2026 Fed Chair Says Inflation Isn’t Slowing Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh reiterated that policymakers will return inflation to their 2% goal, which he...

August 28, 2026
Europe’s Russia Sanctions Have a Major Blind Spot

Europe’s Russia Sanctions Have a Major Blind Spot

Venezuela Helped Build OPEC. Now It May Help Break It Apart Cyril Widdershoven is a senior maritime, energy, and geopolitical analyst and Senior Advisor at Blue Water Strategy, specialising in the str...

August 28, 2026
A Big Bet on Explosive AI-Driven Growth

A Big Bet on Explosive AI-Driven Growth

Wow! The excellent Ben Moll has put together a high-stakes bet on US economic growth. A bet on near-term explosive AI-driven growth: whether U.S. real GDP per capita will grow by at least 15% within a...

August 28, 2026
Towards a New House of Lords

Towards a New House of Lords

In Britain, the House of Lords was traditionally dominated by hereditary peers–a right bequeathed by the monarch, sometimes in ancient times, to sit in the House of Lords that was transmitted generati...

August 25, 2026
Sovos Names 2026 Partner of the Year Award Winners

Sovos Names 2026 Partner of the Year Award Winners

Home > Technology Technology | August 21, 2026 Sovos Names 2026 Partner of the Year Award Winners The tax compliance company's awards were selected based on criteria including revenue growth, cu...

August 21, 2026
More evidence on the effects of recent tariffs

More evidence on the effects of recent tariffs

Trump is giving economists something to write papers about: U.S. tariff rates in 2025 rose to levels not seen since the Great Depression, yet imports increased. To account for the missing trade collap...

August 21, 2026
Some fertility and AI forecasts

Some fertility and AI forecasts

The 2024 forecast is particularly pessimistic about China’s fertility prospects. Both projections produce very substantial global aging, a major global capital glut producing very low long-run real ca...

August 18, 2026