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Oil Price Breakeven Prices – Chart

By Macromon, Global Macro Monitor, Hot from the latest International Monetary Fund’s, World Economic Outlook.   Looks like not many of […]

The Geopolitics of Nuclear Weapons

By George Friedman, Xander Snyder, and Cheyenne Ligon, Geopolitical Futures President Trump has reversed his stance on a number of […]

South Africa: Key Issues and Challenges

As I’ve previously written, I had the opportunity to visit South Africa recently and meet with a number of executives […]

Warren Buffett’s Best Investment

By Bill and Melinda Gates, Our 2017 annual letter is addressed to our dear friend Warren Buffett, who in 2006 […]

Biotech Has a Solution for the Clean Water Crisis

By Patrick Cox, About a billion people lack the water needed to meet basic health and agricultural needs. Water-borne diseases […]

The State of US State Exports

By George Friedman and Jacob L. Shapiro, Geopolitical Futures,  A domestic political battle is brewing in the United States between […]

No Peak Oil For America Or The World

James Conca ,   I write about nuclear, energy and the environment Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. […]

The World’s Leading Startup Cities

By Richard Florida, Challengers to Silicon Valley include New York, L.A., Boston, Tel Aviv, and London. Silicon Valley and the […]

What Past Empires Tell Us About the Future

By George Friedman and Jacob L. Shapiro, Geopolitical Futures, Spanish essayist George Santayana once wrote, “Those who cannot remember the […]

The Impossible Trinity

By Jim Rickards, The Daily Reckoning, The Impossible Trinity is a simple rule with deep implications. It was first uncovered […]