A New Long March: Trade Or War? Xi Jinping Evoking Mao Zedong
Xi Jinping has proclaimed to the Chinese that they should prepare for a “new long march.” The term “new long march” has a very important historical meaning in China. It evokes Mao Zedong’s strategic...
View ArticleBrazil: Practicing The Preferential Option For The Poor By Defeating...
Last week, while visiting the political and business capitals of Brazil, I was able to study the plan for deregulating the Brazilian economy and speak with some of the plan’s architects. The MP da...
View ArticleRight Wing Gains Create Difficult Environment For European Socialists. Spain...
Among socialists in Europe, it seems that those of the Spanish Workers Party, Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE), were some of the few who had something to celebrate after last Sunday’s European...
View ArticleMay’s Brexit Exit: The Deep State At Work
At the end of the day on June 7, Theresa May will leave office due to her failure to come up with an acceptable Brexit plan. Her failure was influenced by many factors. From my personal observations,...
View ArticleA New Push For Trade Reciprocity: An Excuse For Arbitrary Protectionism?
For me the term “reciprocity” usually carries a positive connotation. Social clubs, for instance, extended reciprocal privileges to members of other partner clubs. Earlier this year, the Concealed...
View Article2019 Presidential Elections: Could Uruguay Surprise Us?
In recent years we have seen surprising results in electoral contests around the world. Latin America is no exception—few predicted the victory of Jair Bolsonaro, who became the leader of Brazil, the...
View ArticleArthur Laffer’s Medal Of Freedom Also Honors Centuries Of Moral Economics
Taxes relative to GDP are the highest they have been since records of the data have been kept, according to Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) figures that provide comparisons...
View ArticleChurch Voices On Socialism And Cultural Marxism
Now that socialism is fashionable again in some circles, it pays to know it well. Socialism is attracting acolytes especially in certain age brackets and in countries that have not suffered under its...
View ArticleBusiness, The Economy, And The New Effort To Enshrine Nationalism
It would be hard for me to become a nationalist. I have learned, however, to respect love for one’s nation as a valid motivation in social and political life. “Next to the love of parents for their...
View ArticleBrexit Uncertainties Will Continue To Haunt Business Prospects In The United...
“We have many issues that go to a referendum in Switzerland. But after the results come in, and we know who won, the government immediately works to implement the decision. It has been three years...
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