A decade and a half after the global financial crisis, two governments are still reducing their bank stakes
The British and Irish governments separately announced on Tuesday they were trimming stakes in banks they’ve owned since the ...
The World Risks a ‘Financial Heart Attack.’ Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio Has the Medicine.
The hedge fund founder says it is game time for heavily indebted countries to avert a debt crisis in the U.S. and elsewhere.
The New Yorker8d
A Longtime Biden Adviser Gives a Final Defense of Bidenomics
Jared Bernstein, the outgoing chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, says that Donald Trump is inheriting a strong ...
The Independent22d
London stock market hit by biggest exodus since global financial crisis
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Reason23d
Fareed Zakaria, "The Crisis of Democracy Is Really a Crisis for the Left" / "Why Is the Left Flailing? Look at New York vs. Florida"
An interesting column yesterday in the Washington Post. An excerpt: The crisis of democratic government then, is actually a crisis of progressive government. People seem to feel that they have ...
The Financial Times24d
Where the next financial crisis could emerge
Much of this growth has taken place against the background of ultra-low interest rates since the 2007-08 financial crisis. McKinsey points out that roughly two-thirds of the total return for ...
Mint25d
Himachal Pradesh financial crisis: CM Sukhvinder Sukhu urges well-off consumers to give up electricity subsidy
The move comes amid financial crisis in the Congress-ruled state. The Chief Minister emphasised that affluent citizens with multiple electricity meters should relinquish subsidies to support the ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation25d
Academics say China studies sector in 'crisis' amid a funding shortage and 'climate of fear'
that the state of Australia's research on China had hit "crisis point". The letter cited a government-funded report on Australia's China knowledge capability that found China-related research ...
Al Jazeera English25d
PA’s brutal siege on Jenin only deepens its crisis of legitimacy
None of this bodes well for the longevity of a leadership already suffering from a crisis of legitimacy for its failure to take a meaningful stand against the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The views ...
UN News Centre25d
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS LIVE: Security Council holds emergency meeting on collapse of Gaza health system
The UN Security Council met on Friday morning in New York to debate the collapse of health services in Gaza. The meeting was called by Algeria, the leading voice for the Arab world on the Council ...
Yale Environment 36026d
Ratings Agencies: The Forgotten Constituency of Financial Crisis Interventions
Downgrades are a regular consequence of bank runs and other financial panics and can themselves contribute to a crisis. Downgrades can trigger contractual provisions that force banks to produce ...
El País in English26d
Sudan: Inside the world’s worst humanitarian crisis
The humanitarian situation in Sudan is catastrophic due to the sheer scale and complexity of the crisis. The war has caused hundreds of thousands of casualties, including deaths and injuries, while ...