Have We Reached Peak China?
If so, some may need to reconsider their admiration for autocratic technocracies and learn to love the untidiness of competing ideas.
International
No, Canada: How Musk’s Twitter Should React if Trudeau’s Censorship Plans Succeed
The company shouldn’t be shy about pulling itself from a country intent on policing speech.
Carbon Tariff: Heaping Coals on the Consumer’s Head
With our economic health faltering, now would be an inopportune — indeed, inexplicable — moment to ratchet prices higher still.
Maybe We Should Let McKinsey Stay in Russia?
The consultancy seems to make a mess of much of what it touches. Perhaps there’s a case for letting it continue screwing up Russia.
Christine Lagarde’s Euro Problem
Anyone who doubts that European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has a euro problem has not been paying attention to that currency’s recent swoon.
China, Coal, and John Kerry’s Clout
A new story out of Bloomberg suggests that China is not taking the White House’s ‘special climate envoy’ very seriously.
Bulgaria and the Strategic Importance of U.S. Natural Gas
On weakening a major source of Russian influence in Europe.
Free Trade Should Not Ignore That China and Russia Are Our Adversaries
U.S. trade policy should be used to reward countries that align with U.S. interests.
U.S. Borrowing Is the Wuhan of Global Inflation
It is undeniably true that the U.S. dollar’s role as the world’s reference currency has served as a transmission mechanism for exporting inflation to the world.
India, as Usual, Goes Its Own Way on Russia
Since Russia’s invasion, India has already purchased over twice as much Russian oil as it did all of last year.