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“The intellectual leaders of the peoples have produced and propagated the fallacies which are on the point of destroying liberty and Western civilization.” Ludwig von Mises, Planned Chaos It took multiple meetings and over 50 hours of official negotiations for EU leaders to reach an agreement on the appointments for the top jobs of the EU and the ECB, but in mid-July the results finally came in. The ECB was particularly in focus, as bad news keeps piling up for the...

Ob er auf sie hört? Donald Trump und IWF-Chefin Christine Lagarde. (Foto: Neil Hall/Keystone) Noch immer ziehen sich die Verhandlungen zwischen China und den USA hin. Trotz der stetigen Verlautbarung von US-Präsident Donald Trump, es fehle wenig zu einer Lösung, wird der Termin für sein Treffen mit dem chinesischen Staatschef Xi Jinping immer wieder aufs Neue verschoben. Schon jetzt ist klar, dass Trump sein wichtigstes Ziel nicht erreichen wird: einen Abbau des Aussenhandelsdefizits der...

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan and Founder, Chairman and Co-CIO of Bridgewater Associates, Ray Dalio - Click to enlarge As we scoffed oveernight, who better than a handful of semi, and not so semi, billionaires – perplexed by the populist backlash of the past year – to sit down and discuss among each other how a “squeezed and Angry” middle-class should be fixed. And...

Trump wins Electoral College vote; a few electors break ranks (Reuters) European Stocks Head for a One-Year High (BBG) Japan's Central Bank Keeps Policy Unchanged, Upgrades Economic Outlook (BBG) Russia and Turkey vow to keep detente on track after murder (FT) The Political Implications of Events in Ankara and Berlin (BBG) Trump condemns Berlin attack, says things 'only getting worse' (Reuters) Merkel: "No Doubt Berlin Crash Was a Terror Attack" (BBG) Gunman in Zurich mosque shooting is dead...