Polyarchy at a Time of Geopolitical Cycles: Canceling the Noise, Part XXV (finale)
With the debt ceiling debacle behind us we are closing this series, as we are of the opinion that a new cycle for the American and the global economy is starting. The starting premise of this last commentary is that we need to view economic transitions in cycles that...The Debt Limit Debacle, the Surrender of Reason, the Pre-Socratics, and Puccini’s Tosca: Canceling the Noise, Not by Bread Alone, Part XXIV
Could Puccini’s opera Tosca (based on Sardou’s dramatic play La Tosca) be the prolegomenon of the debt limit debacle? There are plenty of twists in both the play and the libretto, and Puccini is a master of dramatizing those twists. How in the world could a reasonable...Revisiting the Libation of Bearers: Aeschylus, the Serpent, and Hotel California (Canceling the Noise, Not by Bread Alone: Part XXIII)
Upon return from Troy, Agamemnon is killed by his wife Clytemnestra. Orestes and his sister, Electra, are resolute on killing their mother and her lover, both of whom are thirsty for power. Now, Clytemnestra is having a dream where she gives birth to a serpent. The...Canceling the Noise, Not by Bread Alone: Part XXII
Are the financial tremors over? Based on the latest data published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (see graph below), it seems that we are returning to some normalcy. However, if the commercial real estate sector in the US and/or Europe starts its own series...The Anatomy of Underpinning Upheavals: Part II, the Energy Transition
In the first part of this series, we emphasized China’s ambition to replace (if needed by force) the liberal balance of power with an illiberal autocracy (consequently, limiting the role of the US dollar as the international reserve currency) where useful idiots...Sign Up for Our Publications
