News Analysis
The Great Fall
Beijing’s Multiplying Bubbles

A series of asset bubbles are roiling China’s economy, with knock-on effects throughout the globe.

Blue Model Blues
Report Urges Sensible Steps for Dallas Pension Reform

The usual suspects are against it, preferring the magic unicorn solution instead.

Asia's Game of Thrones
Malaysia Cozies Up to China

Obama’s pivot to Asia is not exactly going as planned.

Crude Economics
OPEC and Russia Pumping Oil Like There’s No Tomorrow

Ahead of a planned output cut, petrostates are jealously protecting market share.

The European Immigration Crisis
2016: Deadliest Year Yet in the Med

More refugees and migrants are drowning even as crossings decline, UNHCR reports.

Democracy in South Africa
South African Prosecutors Drop Bogus Charges Against Finance Minister

This is a big win for the cause of democracy. But more importantly, it’s a big win for poor South Africans.

Why We Can't Have Nice Things
Leaked DC Metro Budget Raises Fares, Cuts Service

Is Metro in a slow spiral to obsolescence?

Of Czars and Boyars
Putin’s Valdai Pivot?

The Russian President is playing his games again.

South Korea Scandal
South Korea’s “Shaman Adviser” Stokes Scandal

The South Korean president is taking heat over a bizarre influence-peddling scandal and her ties to a shadowy cult leader.

Profit Problems
Solar Still Can’t Make Money

The renewable energy source can’t flourish if it can’t turn a profit. Elon Musk’s ambitious approach may be even smarter than it seems.

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