The US hedge fund manager has form when it comes to forecasting financial disasters, but with Hong Kong he’s just plain wrong, writes Tom Holland
— Read on www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3008816/hong-kong-ticking-financial-time-bomb-thrilling-story-dont-buy
Tag: Economy
Tariff war risk may go beyond economic loss
When US President Donald Trump announced he would be attending this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, many expected a toned-down version of the free trade-bashing Trump, whose tariff wars have caused serious damage to the world economy and the global value chain.
— Read on www.globaltimes.cn/content/1177743.shtml
No wonder!
[2010] Tea Party Financiers Owe Their Fortune to Josef Stalin
By Yasha Levine, AlterNet
This article was originally posted by AlterNet.
The Tea Party movement’s dirty little secret is that its chief financial backers owe…
— Read on www.truthdig.com/articles/tea-party-financiers-owe-their-fortune-to-josef-stalin/
Trump’s Davos speech instantly shot down by leading economist: ‘The characterisation of the economy is totally wrong’
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has given a withering assessment of Donald Trump’s speech at the World Economic Forum and said the president has misrepresented the economy and failed to address the problem of climate change.
— Read on www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-speech-davos-2020-greta-thunberg-wef-economy-a9294466.html

Davos 2020: Trump says he ‘could get used to’ negative interest rates: ‘Love that’
President Trump touted at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the use of negative interest rates to bolster economic growth.
— Read on www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/01/21/davos-2020-trump-says-he-could-get-used-to-negative-interest-rates-love-that.html
May “China collapse” theories rest in peace
As British scholar Martin Jacques once noted, the biggest desire for the West has been to understand China through the Western prism, which is why the Western perception and prognosis of China is so frequently wrong. Most China bears tend to short China simply because China does not have the Western model of “democracy” or the type of freewheeling economy they are familiar with.
— Read on www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-01/18/c_138715694.htm
Latest global cost of living rankings show just how economical China really is. (video)
Latest global cost of living rankings show just how economical China really is. – YouTube
CNBC Welcomes Washed Up Steve Bannon To Parrot Jim Cramer’s Trade Message
CNBC Welcomes Washed Up Bigot Steve Bannon To Parrot Jim Cramer’s Trade Message – Heisenberg Report
— Read on heisenbergreport.com/2019/12/12/cnbc-welcomes-washed-up-bigot-steve-bannon-to-parrot-jim-cramers-trade-message/
The American Empire Will Fall, Not America Itself
The American Empire Will Fall, Not America Itself | New Eastern Outlook
The collapse of an entire nation is as spectacular as it is rare. For a nation to simply cease to exist it must suffer such absolute defeat across the entire spectrum of what constitutes a nation; economically, militarily, culturally, socially and politically.
China’s Global Leadership List – Charts and Facts, 2019
A vast majority of Americans have absolutely no clue how advanced China has become. Look at the social media comments, and it’s clear that too many Americans – especially Trump supporters – are filled with misinformation and prejudice. “China is 100 years behind” … “All Chinese products are crap” … “China can’t innovate” … “It’s…
— Read on worldaffairs.blog/2019/09/23/chinas-global-leadership-list-2019/
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