Q >"One rejects the state and the other capitalists but neither is viable"

"What’s needed now is a continued focus on repairing supply-chains, a concerted effort to get vaccines to countries with low vaccination rates, a resolution to the war in Ukraine…"

>"Reports show investors are “recalibrating their portfolios for an expected period of high _...Read More_

"To understand the balance correctly, we should direct our attention to the domestic economy."

>"The “fiscal” and “monetary” policy tools of smart contract blockchain platforms may work even better than the economic policy tools of governments."

"The U.S. trade deficit for goods surpassed $1 trillion for the first time in 2021 as the country saw an economic rebound after months of hardship amid the COVID-19 pandemic."

"The rigid stances of Modern Monetary Theory’s devotees and detractors have not lent themselves to productive discussion. This is a serious loss for policymakers, because MMT includes both problematic propositions and perfectly reasonable – _...Read More_

"Removal of the fuel subsidy in Nigeria is long overdue, but replacing it with a transport grant is not the best approach."

"The primary goal of the DIO pilot is to test the concept and learn whether the mechanism can produce expected results in real life."

"The federal government racks up tremendous amounts of debt every year and the pace has been accelerating."

"The COVID-19 crisis has brought Japan's ballooning public debt into sharper focus."

The state of Financial markets & Economies, Charts, Business Trends & Statistics. >"A volatile week ended on Wall Street with the major indices flip-flopping between gains and losses on Friday. The Evergrande’s fallout prompted _...Read More_

"Germany was steady under its longstanding chancellor, but also stagnant."

Finance is entering a new era in which tech platforms, big government and DeFi will compete and intermingle. No one knows where the revolution will end. But it stands to transform how money works and, as it does so, the entire digital _...Read More_