Retail investing suffers from partisanship Source link
Economists are as confused as Trump about taxing the rich
IF YOU want to put a policymaker on the spot, ask them what the top rate of income tax should be. The question befuddles everyone. On May 8th President Donald Trump broke with decades of Republican convention when he reportedly urged Mike Johnson, the speaker of the House of Representatives, to increase America’s highest federal […]
Poland: the ignored stockmarket superstar
Why the country’s shares are going gangbusters Source link
Why the MAGA economy is thriving
The world’s largest market is becoming two Source link
America has given China a strangely good tariff deal
For the next 90 days, at least Source link
Trump’s trade deal with Britain will worry allies and rivals alike
Few topics inspire quite so much misty-eyed sentiment from British leaders as their country’s relationship with America. On May 8th, however, the emotion went in the other direction. “A lot of people” call Britain “our greatest ally”, said President Donald Trump. “I don’t want to insult people by saying that, but I can say it’s […]
What happens when a hegemon falls?
Why economists are turning to a 50-year-old book on the Depression Source link
Trump is a threat to Asia’s giant insurers
Not just its exporters Source link
Why Gen X is the real loser generation
Don’t cry for millennials or Gen Z. Save your pity for those in their 50s Source link
How Saudi Arabia is cranking up the pressure on its OPEC allies
YOU cannot fault the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries for its communication. On May 3rd it and its allies (OPEC+), which supply 40% of the world’s crude oil, announced that they would crank up output by 411,000 barrels a day (b/d) in June—triple what analysts had expected, and equivalent to 0.4% of global demand. […]