Brazil Will Be a Global Leader in Open Banking and Finance, Industry Experts Predict
An Open Banking Excellence Campfire shone a light on payment initiation in Brazil and addressed the topic of the country’s Open Banking ecosystem. Guests...
What Does the New US Administration Mean for Business?
By William Hobbs, Head of Investment Strategy, UK and Europe, Barclays
How much of this new US administration’s often fluid and sometimes contradictory agenda should we...
Welcome to the Post-American World: Barack Obama, US Foreign Policy and the 2012 Election
By Robert Singh
Obama set himself the task of managing America’s decline while retaining primacy in the international order. Yet his substantive achievements have been...
United States Deficits 101
By Richard Westra
Beginning in the 1980s the United States transitioned from its position as predominant national economy and workshop of the post-war world to...
Lula and the World: What to Expect from the New Brazilian Foreign Policy
By Guilherme Casarões
Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was scheduled to visit his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the end of March. Beijing would have...
The Issue is Not Trump, It is Us
By John Pilger
On the day President Trump is inaugurated, thousands of writers in the United States will express their indignation. “In order for us...
When “A Little Corruption” In Mexico Goes Too Far
By Duggan Flanakin
“Corruption is not a disagreeable characteristic of the Mexican political system: it is the system.”Gabriel Zaid, La Economia Presidencial
“It is widely known,” Mexican journalist Ricardo Ravelo...
The Great Dollar Debacle
By Dan Steinbock
The share of U.S. dollar in international payments is disproportionate relative to America’s eroding global position and depends on international goodwill that...
1st Presidential Debate: Worse Is Yet to Come
By Dr. Jack Rasmus
The 1st Presidential debate of 2020 held last night, September 29, was a reflection of the growing systemic social crisis in...
TPP and Global Governance
By Junji Nakagawa
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) currently under negotiation in the Asia Pacific region may drastically change the structure and function of the governance...
