“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action” writes Ian Fleming in Goldfinger. Since I am not James Bond, I’m inclined...
There are two types of countries in our region: countries where you know the results of an election before votes are counted, and those where you...
That’s how I see things in the financial markets this past week. Why? There’s nothing there about economic policy. It’s all about politics. Turkey is...
Looking at the economy these days, there are things that I understand and there are things that I have difficulty in understanding. The recent rapid...
In December 1995, the American rapper 2Pac (Tupac Amari Shakur) was on MTV, talking about his new album. “It's called All Eyez on Me. That's how I...
“The times they are-a changin’” sang Bob Dylan in the 1960s. That got to me sometimes. Aren’t they always “a-changin’?” Isn’t that what time is? Not...
I see two important trends shaping the future of the global debate: the first is population aging and the second is migration. It’s an old story in a...
Have you heard of the testimonies of US intelligence chiefs at a Senate hearing last week? They all said that Iran is not trying to build nuclear...
Brexit discussions has turned into a farce in the UK. If we consider the referendum itself as a tragedy, Prime Minister May’s handling of the Brexit...
This week minimum wage has increased by 26 percent while household natural gas and electricity prices have declined 10 percent. The President himself...