Introduction Top events in 2015 that shaped the world and are very likely to continue doing so include the economic slowdown not just in China…
Economic growth
The IMF is the leading international monetary agency whose public purpose is to maintain the stability of the global financial system through loans linked to proposals designed…
Some of the folks watching the Republican presidential debates were struck by the fact that Donald Trump was apparently unfamiliar with the concept of the…
Some of the folks watching the Republican presidential debates were struck by the fact that Donald Trump was apparently unfamiliar with the concept of the…
A poll conducted in 119 countries reveals the factors that most influence climate change awareness and risk perception for 90 percent of the world’s population.…
Republican Congressional leaders in both houses know they can continue to lie and deny on climate, so long as the nation's business leaders fail to…
Jack takes a look at the key economic developments of the past week, and then provides the first of a several part analysis this month…
The following is an excerpt from the introduction to Shadow Sovereigns: How Global Corporations are Seizing Power: We're surrounded. Everywhere you look you find masses,…
Humanity stands at a precipice. Merely 200 years of the age of fossil fuel has driven species and biodiversity to extinction, destroyed our soils, depleted…
The elevation the Chinese renminbi (also known as the yuan) to the basket of global currencies making up the International Monetary Fund’s special drawing rights…
Jack Rasmus looks at yesterday’s decision by the European Central Bank to make token changes to its QE policies, Japan’s central bank rumors of more…
One of the long standing patterns in economies showing economic growth is longer life spans, and falls are see the result of severe distress and…