William Holland

The Peter Principle: Promoting Incompetence 24.08.2019 2:06 ↓

Companies opnely promote those into incompetence. https://voxeu.org/article/promotions-and-peter-principle

US NOT Leading Contributor to Recession 24.08.2019 6:35 ↓

Euro, China & US media class cheerlead for a recession; US isn't a contributor.

What drives Germany's Current Account Surplus 24.08.2019 4:37 ↓

History, emerging markets & poor domestic governance are responsible.

Yuan-Dollar Exchange Rate 24.08.2019 4:47 ↓

What does it mean that the yuan moves past a ratio of 7:1 US dollars?

How Boris Johnson wins Brexit 05.08.2019 6:12 ↓

Bojo has 4 great Trump like qualities that can seal a Brexit deal favorable to English sovereignty.

China's Belt Road Initiative Failing 05.08.2019 6:06 ↓

China's OBOR initiaive seeks to dump excess domestic capacity abroad.

Why Versailles is still with us 100 years later 05.08.2019 7:10 ↓

The rejection of any religious foundation for culture has ushered in militant secularism unabated.

China's misplaced domestic confidence in Trump's trade war 03.08.2019 3:55 ↓

The rebalancing of China's political economy toward tax based consumption has begun.

Chad & Central West Africa go to the Islamists 03.08.2019 3:51 ↓

Weak African nation states are running out of options to confront/contain Islamism.

Ebola & the Congo 03.08.2019 3:10 ↓

How Ebola happened again in the Congo.

Pakistan's Junta tries to control the borderlands of FATA w/ elections 03.08.2019 3:33 ↓

By seeking to open jihadi borderlands, the junta wants to exert political controls over its proxies.

Ethiopia's Constitutional crisis remains ethnic 03.08.2019 3:35 ↓

An ethnic based federalism has never worked, there isn't anything to replace Ethiopia's governance.

What Pakistan offers US in Kabul: the rout 03.08.2019 3:28 ↓

If Islamabad can control Pashtun jihadi terrorists, the taliban will consolidate its rule in Afghanistan.

Boris is BOJO: Brexit continues 03.08.2019 2:26 ↓

What BOJO is up against

How OPEC is failing 20.07.2019 5:27 ↓

OPEC global policy conceals long term problems it cannot resolve.

Judy Shelton for the FED 20.07.2019 5:10 ↓

Embracing a Gold Standard will clarify the FED's credibility among other social/psychological and monetary goals.

An African Arab Spring: the Slog continues 20.07.2019 4:16 ↓

Khartoum & Addis Ababa reman backed by Saudi Arabia to squash democracy in Islamic led Africa.

Saudi bin Salman's Proxies in Yemen Leave 20.07.2019 3:06 ↓

bin Salman must solidify a stronger nationalist army if it is to win its conflict with Iranian supported Shia in Yemen.

Trump's Man in Libya: Hatfar & the Libyan Civil War 20.07.2019 3:34 ↓

Getting the southern oil fields secures Hatfar money to finance political consolidate.

Ebola & the Congolese Civil War Rages On 20.07.2019 4:07 ↓

Ebola was exacerbate Congolese Tribal Civil War

US Gets Pakistani led Taliban Talking to Afghan Govmint 20.07.2019 3:28 ↓

Team Trump finally gets Islamabad onboard w/ US Afghan policy.

Understanding the US Economy under Trump 20.07.2019 4:02 ↓

Old triggers for recessions are absent in our new economy.

The slow implosion of Mexico 14.07.2019 3:26 ↓

Mexican populism cannot fix problems related to weak national identity.

How to understand the continental African Economy 14.07.2019 3:27 ↓

Intra-continental expansion & trade is source of African economic growth, not monetary policy

China Disrupted: Team Trump's Tariffs Win Big 14.07.2019 3:06 ↓

As an economic measure, the trade deficit is useless; its a political issue that matters most.