The President’s trip to Asia was supposed to be all about creating jobs back in the U.S. But he failed to create a trade pact with South Korea, get an agreement on limiting surpluses by large trading partners and to get China t…
Asian markets took a tumble today with China’s Shanghai Composite Index plunging on rumors that another interest rate hike is imminent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index dropped 1.9% and Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index was down 1.4%.
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In a new article, political scientist Ian Bremmer and economist Nouriel Roubini assert that the free-market system of capitalism has been so damaged by the recent financial crisis that the West’s era of political and economic d…