Pension Meltdown
The Pension Reckoning Is Only Beginning

Blue model misgovernance has created a trillion dollar disaster, and how America digs itself out of this hole is going to be one of the big questions of our time.

Marxist Clown Follies
Varoufakis: Traitor?

Charges are being prepared against the former Greek finance minister over evidence that he had illegally planned to create a parallel payment system. But indicting him for treason would be the wrong next step.

Euro Division
German Economists Push for Exit Clause

A panel of German economists have broken a European taboo by calling for failing members of the currency union to have the option of leaving the euro. The Italians, French and Spanish are going to hate this.

The Deal
Why Did Russia Back the Iran Deal?

Russia has one good reason not to favor the deal: oil. But there are other big reasons why Moscow went along with it.

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The Nuclear Deal Fallout
All Roads Lead to Syria

So far, the “historic” Iran deal hasn’t shifted much. If it’s going to stick, the Obama Administration has to think bigger.

After the Bailout
Understanding the New Germany

Americans need to invest in understanding Germany—and even sympathizing with it.

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Paris Is Well Worth A Mess
Greens Prep for Talks as Dips Plan a Fudge

The Paris climate treaty appears to be shaping up to be a diplomatic farce. Time for Greens to move on from the counterproductive UN treaty system.

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The Iran Deal and the UN
Obama Lights Firestorm on Capitol Hill

President Obama seems determined to do an end-run around Congress by taking the Iran deal to the UN first. This is undoubtedly the wrong way to proceed.

The New Economy
Our Measures of the Economy Don’t Work

Many and perhaps most of the ways that technology makes our lives better escape the statisticians, and this means that our economic discussions are increasingly removed from reality.

Pop!
Big Trouble in Big China

Signs that the Great China Bubble may be bursting have more and more of the world’s smartest investors fretting.

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