SHANGHAI — The first weekend after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) restrictions ended last month, dozens of young Chinese jostled in the dark at a heavy-metal concert in a tiny Shanghai music venue that reeked of sweat and hard liquor. It ...
Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX said in a report to creditors on Tuesday that about $415 million in cryptocurrency had been stolen in hacks. FTX has said it had recovered over $5 billion in crypto, cash, and liquid securities, but that ...
DAVOS, Switzerland — China’s Vice-Premier Liu He welcomed foreign investment and declared his country open to the world on Tuesday after three years of pandemic isolation. Mr. Liu’s explicit pitch to global leaders gathered in Davos made it clear China ...
DAVOS, Switzerland — International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Tuesday global economic growth was expected to bottom out in 2023 despite the continued Ukraine war and rising interest rates. Speaking at a World Economic Forum panel ...
The price of sugar is exposed to many global and national influences. These include government tariffs, costs of production, climate change, and geopolitical instability. These demand and supply factors all influence movement within the market. Most sugar production occurs in ...
In 2011, the Federal Reserve invented new accounting methods for itself so that it could never legally go bankrupt. As explained by Robert Murphy, the Federal Reserve redefined its losses so as to ensure its balance sheet never shows insolvency. ...
Progressives claim that poor nations are that way because wealthy nations exploit them through the capitalist system. Cultural institutions, it turns out, are the most important indicators of wealth and poverty. Original Article: “When It Comes to National Prosperity, Don’t ...
John McWhorter takes on the present infatuation with wokeness and shows the real harm it is doing to our social fabric. Original Article: “Spelling Out the Problem with W-o-k-e-n-e-s-s” This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. ...
The number one threat to our lives and prosperity is the US government. How could it otherwise be? Loaded with trillions of dollars acquired through legalized theft, the US government has gone beyond mere incompetence and foreign adventurism; it now ...
In this episode of StockCharts TV’s Sector Spotlight, I look at the current state of sector rotation, then walk through all 11 sector charts to make an assessment on their individual (relative) trends and their near-term support and resistance levels. Next, ...