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African Extractive Industries: PRC Neocolonialism

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That the slow development of the African continent can be traced to Western colonialism is an archetype of this field of study: Mainly inter...

Turkish Football Reflects National Malaise

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I haven't had a sports feature in ages, so here's one: The pitch invader--a fan who goes down to the football field--is a fixture of...

Making US Permian Basin Part of OPEC (Really)

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In a matter of days, ExxonMobil will complete its $60 billion acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources, which is one of the concerns that ha...

Should Frozen Russian Assets Fund Ukraine?

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The adversaries during more cordial times. Unbeknownst to many, one of the linchpins of the post-WWII global infrastructure is coming under ...

Young Worker Exodus from Low Pay Japan

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Outbound 'r' Us. China is famously in dire economic straits, but how's Japan really doing to solve its longstanding problems li...

“Adios to the Chinese Dream” (Xi’s Theme Song)

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With apologies to Rodney Crowell... Excuse me mister but what did you say? / My hard-earned money’s all gone away / Xi ain’t into capitalism...

Fleeing China II: Foreign Divestment Edition

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Bing prompt: "Draw a businessman leaving China". Hot on the heels of the previous post about how Chinese are showing at the Unite...

Chinese Migrants at US Border: PRC's Dire Straits

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The blog's first AI image c/o Bing: "Draw a Chinese person walking through a Panamanian jungle."   A usually good indicator of...

Germans Brand Thee, USA, an ESG Disaster

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Just one flagrant American ESG violation among countless others. This news story from Bloomberg had me laffing so hard it hurt: Despite the...

A Problem of Unstressful US Bank Stress Tests

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 Each day brings news of a distressed US bank about to take leave for the Great Central Bank In the Sky. Aren't US banks supposed to be ...