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  “I don’t think that we should have billionaires because, frankly, it is so much money in a moment of such inequality, and ultimately, what we need more of is equality across our city and across our state and across our country.” Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York Above all, it was Ludwig von Mises […]

  The power dynamics within the European Union are changing. For many years, the Franco-German axis was the principal driver of European integration and of the continent’s economic and political progress. Following a prolonged period of tension that produced several wars, the friendship between Germany and France became fundamental to Europe’s success after World War […]

  Argentina has become the most important economic experiment in Latin America. The issue is not only whether President Javier Milei can reduce inflation or balance the budget. The strategic question is whether a democratic government can dismantle decades of interventionism, restore market confidence and make a chronically unstable economy competitive again. If it works, […]

  Resource-rich regions occupy a central position in the global economy by supplying the raw materials that underpin industrial, technological, energy and food security. Among these regions, Africa and Latin America stand out for the diversity and scale of their natural resources. They possess abundant reserves of critical minerals, hydrocarbons, agricultural land, forests, freshwater resources […]

  Earlier this month, U.S. gross federal debt exceeded $40 trillion. Some $10 trillion has been added in the past four and a half years. This debt level creates an increasingly difficult situation, as it is no longer so easy for the U.S. Treasury to place its securities at auction while preserving adequate market liquidity. […]