Partners or rivals? Chinese investments in Central and Eastern Europe
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Today China holds 1/3rd of the world’s currency reserves. By 2030, the Chinese economy will surpass the United States, becoming the world’s largest market. Between 2007 and 2012, the Chinese economy grew by close to 60 percent; emerging Asia as a whole by almost 50%. Over the same period, economies of high income countries have grown by a mere 3%. Clearly the world is undergoing profound changes. READ MORE
Bankers and the neuroscience of greed
The unconstrained power of bankers acts like a drug on their brains' reward systems, creating insatiable appetites READ MORE
Americans turn their backs on Europe
A new survey shows that Americans view Asian countries, not European ones, as the most important partners for the US. READ MORE