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The US Economy Is Replaying The 2000s, Not The 1970sThe labor market is tepid, inflation is higher than the Fed would like, and the price of oil is spiking because of a war in the Middle East.
Your Mum And Dad Are Influencers Now, TooFrom fashion to beauty to fitness and lifestyle, the rise of the silver content creator is sending a powerful message: Age is no barrier to having cachet.
- Trump's Tariffs: Can Anyone Say What The Goal Is?
If history is any guide, this latest round of protectionism could cause outsized economic damage.
- AI’s Effect On The US Economy Will Be Wildly Uneven
Tyler Cowen outlines how artificial intelligence could impact various US economic sectors, with faster adoption expected in competitive industries and slower changes in government and education.
- AI’s Effect On The US Economy Will Be Wildly Uneven
Tyler Cowen outlines how artificial intelligence could impact various US economic sectors, with faster adoption expected in competitive industries and slower changes in government and education.
- Opinion:11 Big Trade Deals For India Under Manmohan Singh. None After.
India entered 11 trade agreements in the 10 years under previous Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. On Modi's watch, it hasn't signed even one
- Bad Bank Politically Expedient Before 2019 Polls, But A Bad Idea
The proposal to set up a bad bank looked senseless even when it was first mooted in early 2016. It looked downright silly when the finance ministry floated the idea of raiding the central bank's reserves to run the rehab clinic for toxic debt.
- Opinion: A Generation Heads Straight For Crypto In Indian Cities, Towns
In hundreds of India's small cities and towns, a generation that has hardly had any experience with stocks and bonds is heading straight for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano and Solana.
- Opinion: Paytm's Mega IPO And What World's Top Asset Manager Sees In It
In its most recent quarter, however, Paytm ended up with a 27 rupees surplus on the same 100 rupees revenue
- Why India's Airlines Keep Struggling To Take Off
Jet Airways suffered losses for three consecutive quarters now; its cumulative current liabilities have climbed to $2.2 billion.
- Opinion: Police Tactics Are Chilling India's Crypto Winter Further
If success has many fathers, then a crypto exchange in the eye of a money-laundering storm has become an orphan.
- Opinion: Police Tactics Are Chilling India's Crypto Winter Further
If success has many fathers, then a crypto exchange in the eye of a money-laundering storm has become an orphan.
- Opinion: The Centuries-Old Financial System Better Than Reckless New DeFi
In the history of dangerous naivety, the decentralized finance mania of 2021 will hold its own against the 2007 boom in collateralized debt obligations.
- Opinion: The Centuries-Old Financial System Better Than Reckless New DeFi
In the history of dangerous naivety, the decentralized finance mania of 2021 will hold its own against the 2007 boom in collateralized debt obligations.
- Opinion: Why RBI Put A Stop To "Buy Now, Pay Later"
It seems that India's central bank is no fan of "buy now, pay later." But then, the regulators irritation with this newish fad in consumer finance is wholly understandable.
- Opinion: Why Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget Is Risky
The pandemic has deepened inequality by boosting the profits and incomes of a tiny section of firms and households.
- Opinion: The Good News in India's Bleak Budget
India's Union Budget is both a presentation of the national accounts and the only statement of government policy that we get all year. This year, the accounts made for worrying reading.
- Opinion: The Future of Crypto Is Boring - And Bright
Crypto markets still have many puzzles, but they are beginning to reveal their secrets.
- Opinion: Amazon Learns It Cannot Beat Mukesh Ambani On His Home Turf
In the end, Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani settled the dispute over who gets to own the assets of beleaguered Future Retail Ltd. not in an arbitration tribunal in Singapore, or in a courtroom in New Delhi, but in a shopping aisle.
- Opinion: Not Quite The "Fog A Mirror, Buy A House," But Crypto-Based Mortgages Are Crazy
Bloomberg News reports the hot new thing in finance is the nouveau crypto riche putting up their expensive digital assets as collateral to buy expensive houses using a more-or-less traditional mortgage, but with no dead-tree dollars down.