Washington or "crazy town"?

In the major world capitals with the desire to lead the world, it must be bonanza time because of developments in Washington. The Chinese in their quest to overtake the US as the world's number one power could not have achieved what President Trump is achieving for them. He is...

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Lehman's lingering shadow

One decade after the Lehman crash, more attention still goes to explain the "trees" behind the crisis than the "forest" they belong to: either Lehman itself, its fellow victims, finances, sub-prime mortgage and so forth, but not the underlying forces that gave them meaning, a face, and the capacity to...

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Another crisis in the offing

Those that lost hearth and home following the infamous financial meltdown ten years ago have barely been able to get their feet under the table battling through numerous jobs and paying off colossal individual debt. There's resentment that governments, barring Australia didn't provide any financial help to the affected but...

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