Quote of the day by Niccolò Machiavelli: “The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves” why Machiavelli still teaches power how to winQuote of the day by Niccolò Machiavelli: “The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One mu...
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Fed cuts may send $1 trillion FX ‘avalanche’ to China, Jen saysThe possibility of the Chinese yuan increasing in value is looking even more likely now that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has sig...
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How Xi Jinping has dragged China backwards in political, economic liberalisationThe 19th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is a reminder of how far Xi has dragged China backwards in terms of political and economic...
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Countries that intentionally ran big fiscal deficits, such as the US and China, weathered the crisis better than those that chose austerity.
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- Decoupling revisited
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- Pundits sell recoupling story as market see-saws
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