China’s turn to the outside world for massive quantities of grain is forcing us to recognize that we are in trouble on the food front.
Can the world feed China?
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Ukraine’s default scenario
Do all roads lead to political uncertainty?
Thirty-seven consecutive years of above-average temperature
Fully 4 billion people alive today have never experienced a year that was cooler than last century’s average, begging the question of what is now “normal” with respect to the climate.
E.U. has a long way to go on big-bank reform
The E.U. hopes the ban on proprietary trading could come into force in 2017 followed by the separation rules in 2018.
Fed sticks with taper after S.Africa, Turkey and India raise rates
The economic turbulence in emerging markets has generated a similar response from the countries hit hardest: protect their currencies against the dollar.
Brazil and Cuba launch new Port of Mariel project
Is Cuba entering global capitalism? The island will likely use many chapters from China’s playbook, the first one being opening a special economic zone established around the revamped Port of Mariel.
Peak water and food scarcity
Trading in grain futures is, in a sense, dealing in water futures, to the extent that there is a world water market embodied in the world grain market.
Today’s global risks dangerously connected
Which risks most threaten the world’s overall well-being? Fiscal crises, structural unemployment and underemployment are at the top.
Capital flows to emerging economies in one chart
Emerging economies wonder what’s next for them as advanced ones celebrate what they see as an economic recovery.
Airbus and Boeing set new records and gear up for 2014 battle
U.S. based Boeing remains top planemaker for second year in a row but its European rival reclaimed top spot in commercial aircraft orders.
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