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Strange Currencies and Barter 101

By Macromon, Global Macro Monitor, Once upon a time currencies had intrinsic value. Ever wonder where the term “buck” comes […]

The World’s Fastest Growing Economies

By Macromon, Global Macro Monitor, We have updated with the latest 2017 estimates and 2018-22 average annual forecasts and ranked […]

Emerging Markets Offer Access to the World As It Grows

 From Calamos Investments,   http://www.calamos.com/ourway/  

Why Things Aren’t What They Used to Be in Emerging Markets

The prospect of stabilizing commodity prices and improving corporate earnings has helped rebuild investor interest in emerging markets over the […]

The World’s 31 Mega-Cities

The share of the world’s population living in cities is steadily increasing. A majority of the world’s population has lived […]

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 […]

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 […]

50 Cheapest Countries to Live In

Whether you are close to retirement and want to see the world or are young and simply itch to live […]