New Trump bump? Consumer confidence hasn't been this high since ... Clinton impeachment

Economy | December 13, 2019

Surveys show that the Trump impeachment proceedings, like most current political issues, push Americans into their partisan corners. Economic impact is harder to gauge. The stock market is setting new records, and consumer spending continues to fuel the economy.[FULL STORY]

Rome 'sardines' cram together to take on Salvini

Reuters Video: World News | December 14, 2019

Tens of thousands of people on Saturday filled Rome's Piazza San Giovanni as part of a grassroots movement known as the "sardines" against League's leader Matteo Salvini's politics. Emer McCarthy reports.[FULL STORY]

Competition in the real estate brokerage industry: A critical review

Brookings Topics - U.S. Economic Performance | December 12, 2019

By Panle Jia Barwick, Maisy WongThe past decade has witnessed remarkable technological innovations and a proliferation of new business models in the real...[FULL STORY]

Unpacking the China-Russia ‘alliance’

Brookings Topics - Asia and the Pacific | December 13, 2019

By Michael E. O'Hanlon, Adam TwardowskiThe United States appears to be settling in for a protracted period of great power military competition. Ever since Russia seized Crimea and militarily intervened in Ukraine, and as China moved onto islands across the South China Sea while claiming almost all surrounding waterways,...[FULL STORY]

ISIS and the false dawn of Kurdish statehood

Brookings Topics - Middle East and North Africa | December 13, 2019

By Ömer TaşpınarHistory is often full of strange ironies. Decades from now, the rise and fall of ISIS will probably be remembered in the same breath as the...[FULL STORY]

Smoothing fracking’s boom/bust cycle

Brookings Topics - North America | July 29, 2016

Mark Muro, senior fellow and policy director of the Metropolitan Policy Program, discusses a plan to address the economic boom-bust cycle in states that rely heavily on “fracking” and how this...[FULL STORY]

Unpacking the China-Russia ‘alliance’

Brookings Topics - Europe | December 13, 2019

By Michael E. O'Hanlon, Adam TwardowskiThe United States appears to be settling in for a protracted period of great power military competition. Ever since Russia seized Crimea and militarily intervened in Ukraine, and as...[FULL STORY]

Politics and Solutions

Larry Davidson's Thoughts on Macro and Other Stuff | December 10, 2019

This post is all about politics, policy, and problem solving. Policy is so dominated by politics and ideology, I thought I would take a step back from all that noise to think about what we are really dealing with.At a personal level, we spend...[FULL STORY]

Mish Moved Off Blogger to MishTalk.Com - For Email Alerts Please Sign Up Again on MishTalk!

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis | March 20, 2016

I announced on February 22 Goodbye Blogger, Hello WordPress: Mish's GlobalEconomicAnalysis has Moved to MishTalk.Com. My needs outgrew blogger.The top reason is that...[FULL STORY]

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