Saturday, March 3, 2018

What's postmodern about President Trump?

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Not a few articles have emerged claiming that Trump is the first postmodern president or the postmodern president par excellence. This Janua...
Thursday, December 14, 2017

Border adjustment tax and Trump (?)

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Where did he go? Where is the President, you know, THE guy? With all of the tax talk in the U.S. today, including reducing the corporate tax...
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Sunday, December 10, 2017

On Trump, Jerusalem and losing control of the message

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The President's recent decision to move the embassy will not have the intended effect, not even for its biggest backers. Said to be...
Saturday, November 21, 2015

Mama Merkel fights War with pure Peace

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Cynics, say what you will about Angela Merkel's welcome to the refugees (e.g. undercuts local wages; revives German moral standing). She...
Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Greece and ambiguity

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Europe's fight to make Greece. pay in full seems stupid to me. I have heard the political complexities involved in a 30-50% haircut in t...
Monday, June 8, 2015

What the Federal Reserve really wants (besides helping big banks)

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It is a brave new world, of many worlds that have come before and which can irrupt again. Point? There are no sustained trends. Last quarter...
Friday, May 22, 2015

Dear Oil Market: Welcome to Uncertainty, Regards, OPEC

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In a recent article, commodities monitor Saefong on Marketwatch writes that a long term oil glut, over a span of years, is likely if OPEC co...