The most recent Monday Club event took place at the fabulous event space of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce in Midtown East, New York, in the evening of May 12th. There were about 60 guests at the event. The speakers were Rebecca Patterson, former Chief Investment Strategist at Bridgewater Associates and Senior Fellow at the…
Some of Trump’s policies that potentially could be stagflationary, i.e. reducing growth and raising inflation, such effects would ultimately be mitigated by four factors: market discipline, an independent Federal Reserve, the president’s own advisers, and the republicans’ thin majorities in Congress. The reaction from stock, bond, credit, and currency markets forced Trump not only to…
South Africa had expressed concern to the U.S. as they accepted the first white Afrikaners it had offered to resettle after the US president accused Pretoria of racial discrimination against them. Relations between South Africa and the U.S. have nose-dived this year over a range of domestic and foreign policy issues, culminating in Washington’s expulsion…
It is becoming increasingly clear that Trump is all about money and about negotiating and cutting deals. There are no ideological concerns, or no emotions involved, it is all about what is best for the U.S. from a financial perspective. China and the U.S. suddenly announced a truce in their trade war after talks in…
Sweden has for a long time been regarded as the ultimate social welfare success story. At least by the left. Its citizens seem happy despite the high taxes, and they trust the government to do the right thing. Sweden pioneered welfare privatization, and its model is now being exported across the continent. The Swedish Economic…
