Daniel Lacalle: Global Slowdown About Debt-Saturation Not Trade War
“The trend of slowdown started way before the trade challenges started”
Kyle Bass: Chinese Economy Is a ‘Mirage’
“The whole thing is made up with a printing press, keeping a closed capital account, and hoping the world doesn’t notice it…”
Map: The World’s 100 Largest Islands
“Almost 10 percent of global population live on islands”
Map: Visualizing 220 Years of U.S. Population Density
The population of the US remained overwhelmingly east of the Mississippi River for the first several decades after independence
In Brief: The Military Balance Between India & Pakistan
India holds a significant lead in nearly every category
Taps Coogan: Meaningful Brexit Increasingly Unlikely
Unless you think Parliament is going to actively vote for no-deal Hard Brexit two weeks before the deadline, there is no path to lead the UK out of the EU customs union
Boockvar: Fed Should Replace ‘Inflation’ with ‘Cost of Living’
“If the Fed would replace the word ‘inflation’ with ‘cost of living,’ I think the discussion around their policy would be much different”
China’s Money Supply Has Outgrown Its Economy over Two Fold Since 2009
China created nearly $14 trillion more currency than the US in the last decade
The Most Powerful Militaries of All-Time
Every one of nearly 12,000 battles referenced on Wikipedia since 2,500 BC
Image of the Day: Head of the Sphinx Rising from the Sand
The Great Sphinx before its excavation, with the Pyramids of Giza in the background