Spread the loveAfghanistan‘s decades-long history of occupation, conflict and poverty is deeply intertwined with its role as a major global opium and heroin producer.  According to the new Afghanistan Opium Survey…

Spread the loveThe ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, killing hundreds of civilians a day and threatening critical infrastructures of all sorts in the vicinity of the Gaza Strip, has…

Spread the loveBack in July, when we last looked at the unprecedented horror show that is the US budget deficit – and concluded correctly, long before the Q2 Quarterly Refunding Announcement,  that…

Spread the loveThe unraveling of San Francisco’s office sector has been stunning so far. The once-thriving urban center is now grappling with a record-high 30% vacancy rate in office buildings,…

Spread the loveThe Eurozone economy is more than wehttps://www.zerohedge.com/economics/eurozone-disaster-between-stagnation-stagflationak. It is in deep contraction, and the data is staggering. The Eurozone Manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI), compiled by S&P Global,…

Spread the loveAlmost exactly two years after going public via SPAC, WeWork, the struggling co-working start-up that once held a valuation as high as $47 billion, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy…