The US Shale Gas Rush
MADRID | By David Fernández, financial analyst | According to a JP Morgan report, natural gas prices in the US are at least 50% cheaper than in the UK and just a third of what Germans pay.
World economy
Monetary policy for depression
SAO PAULO | By Marcus Nunes | Friedman was right to claim how easy it would have been to avoid the depression, given how easy it was to turn the economy around. Today, on the other hand, we are content with remaining ‘depressed’.
Analysis: 2014 General Elections in India – Who’s next?
BANGALORE | By Srikanth Vasuraj | 2014 is when over a billion people in the world’s largest democracy will vote to elect their next government. Who is it going to be this time? What surprises will the voters throw up?
The Implications of Diverging Monetary Policies
By Andy Xie via Caixin Magazine | The monetary policies of major economies are diverging for the first time since 2008. The euro zone, Britain and Japan are sustaining quantitative easing, while the United States, China and other major emerging economies are on a tightening path. The divergence is creating trends in some markets, volatility and confusion in others.
U.S. losing mojo; China in a groove
By Ray Kwong | Pew Research asked nearly 38,000 individuals in 39 countries a simple question: Which comes closest to your view: China will eventually replace the U.S. as the world’s leading superpower; China has already replaced the U.S. as the world’s leading superpower; or China will never replace the U.S. as the world’s leading superpower? Depending on where you sit, their answers are surprising.
Should the Private Sector Invest in Schools?
LONDON | By Commonwealth Correspondent Osmi Anannya | Profit making companies are permitted to operate publicly funded schools in both Sweden and the USA. Private sector investment could really help here by both building and operating schools.
U.S. Economic Recovery by Gender: are Women and Men Doing Differently?
Men had a harder crash during the recession, but a much better recovery, when compared with women, argues Mike Konczal from The Roosevelt Institute.
Chinese SOEs Can Brag They Are Big – but Not Strong
BEIJING | By Xia Huihan, via Caixin magazine | Chinese state-owned companies or SOEs should stop gaining muscle for the sake of the country’s economic health.
Commodities: volatility or the end of a supercycle?
By Gustavo Matías | Despite a 30% drop between January and June, fundamentals are betting on a tight offer of commodities, but hot money is fleeing. Paper pulp prices are the strongest at their highs, energy refuses to lower down, and drinks, food and minerals are plummeting.
Microsoft Republicans
WASHINGTON | US Republicans have been exceedingly successful at targeting the white population vote. The problem, Pablo Pardo argues, seems to be that it is a shrinking market while Democrat support grows.