Okay, it’s official, China’s economy is getting weirder and weirder. On the one hand, it is showing all the signs of a Japan style slowdown. It is plagued by deflation. Youth unemployment remains stubbornly high, and the government is introducing more and more stimulus measures to try to get people... [Read More]

A global population crisis is coming. Japan is first. Its’s working age population has been falling since 2003. And, according to the latest UN predictions, it will continue to fall until Japan has just 45% of its peak population left by the end of the century. Meanwhile, Europe’s working age... [Read More]

During Germany’s latest federal election, young men predominantly voted for the populist far-right Afd party. On the other hand, the populist left ‘Die Linke’ and BSW parties far outperformed the centre-left, right and far-right parties with young women. This is no isolated incident. It is part of a major trend.... [Read More]

China, Russia, Brazil, South Africa, and now even Trump, they all want to end the current, US designed, global economic order and replace it with something new. A multi-polar global order Specifically, Brazil’s president Lula has called for ‘inclusive multipolarity’ where non-western nations have a bigger say in global affairs... [Read More]

This map shows in blue how the US was the biggest trading partner for most countries in 2001. But, as the years progress, we see the map turn red as China quickly overtakes the US as the world’s biggest trading partner. No wonder the US escalated an unprecedented trade war... [Read More]