John E. Charalambakis Herodotus made the call. Dante was on the other side answering the call at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. George F. Kennan was summoned in order to break the […]

In the first part of this commentary, we examined two contrasting views of the market’s direction. The one describes a resilient economy. The other raises concerns about economic fundamentals that […]

Is there a Kantian Categorical Imperative for change in the international reserve system? A recent article by Bloomberg had the following introductory note: “All around the world, a backlash is brewing against the […]

Reflecting over the last three years leaves us with a puzzling enigma: Is this a different world and a different market than the one we were facing in 2019? Unequivocally, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

What’s wrong with the banks? How did we reach the point where three banks failed within a few days, and a couple more are on life support? How did we […]