Memo to Trumpkins
The Mexican Labor Market Tightens

People focused on Mexico as the great source of future immigration to the U.S. are spectacularly missing the point.

Heckuva Job
Greece: Still Festering

Greece was and continues to be a relatively small problem. That the EU has failed so spectacularly to to fix it makes one terrified about the bigger crises now besetting the continent.

The Clintons' Post-Blue Flop
The Greatest Failure of Democratic Social Policy

In the 1990s, the Clintons tried to help African American families get on a sustainable path to a middle class existence. A new study suggests the experiment has failed.

International Development
Fear of Violence in Zambia Ahead of Elections

African development, which is real in both economic and social terms, is a much more explosive and destabilizing process than Afro-optimists understand.

Even the NYT concludes:
Obama’s Syria Play a Failure

Not only has Russia avoided a quagmire in Syria, its successes on the battlefield against CIA-backed rebels have given it new leverage in the Middle East.

Blue Model Blues
Actuarial Establishment Tries to Suppress Explosive Paper on Public Pensions

Is it any wonder that Americans are fed up with experts and the institutions they manage?

Bigger than it looks...
Norks Fire Missile Within 200nm of Japanese Coast

North Korea has decided to raise tensions in Northeast Asia, and China is either unwilling or unable to do anything about it.

Kleptocracy Watch
Blaming Singapore Will Not Solve Malaysia’s Problems

As the 1MDB scandal rolls on, a popular ex-PM points the finger at Singapore. He’d do better to look in the mirror.

beyond blue
Is Tech Going to Save America’s Bacon Yet Again?

Telemedicine is taking off. It could be the key to solving several of America’s most pressing challenges.

A Long Process
F-35 Declared Ready for Battle

As the F-35 gets approved for combat by the Air Force, it’s clear that all the controversies that have surrounded it are likely to repeat themselves with the development of most complex next-generation weapons systems.

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