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Top 10 Posts of Understand Globalization
TweetPutin, Russia, Ukraine, and the Globalized World When ordering the Russian Army to take control of key points of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula on the first weekend of March, it is highly unlikely...
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Competitiveness Among Nations: Taxes (Part One)
TweetIn recent months there has been a worrisome trend among a certain segment of the US’ political spectrum. Said political segment is against the redomiciliation (tax diversion) of US corporations to...
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Integration Vs. Separation
TweetMuch was written in recent weeks and months about Scotland’s separationist movement. Most fortunately, the outcome of last week’s referendum on the subject is that Scotland will remain part of the...
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Competitiveness Among Nations: Government Downsizing (Part Two)
Tweet…Continued from Part One of the series. The challenge, and the great opportunity that the redomiciliation of corporations for tax purposes offers resides in responding to the market mechanism in...
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Competitiveness Among Nations: Conclusions (Part Three)
Tweet “The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments” —— Ludwig von Mises (…Continued from Part Two) All over the world, the current political system has made...
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Russia: from Rags to Riches and Back
TweetIt was only three years ago that the prevailing expectations of the Russian economy and where it was headed over the next years was favorable (or even very favorable). The evolution of Russia from...
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Lee Kuan Yew’s Momentous Life
TweetThe recent passing of Lee Kuan Yew (Sep 16, 1923 – March 23, 2015) is a most appropriate occasion for evaluating his legacy. Upon Great Britain’s withdrawal from Singapore in 1959, the People’s...
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Uber, The Old Taxi System, and The New Business World
TweetREUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/Files (GERMANY – Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT CRIME LAW TRANSPORT) In recent months there has been an increasing hostility in many cities and countries around the world...
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FIFA’s Scandal: Death by Corruption?
TweetFIFA, the international football federation (soccer), has been shaken to the core by the recent indictment of the US Department of Justice, where 9 high-ranking officers of FIFA (the chairman...
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The EU, Greece, and the Perfection Syndrome
TweetDuring the past few months, and particularly during the past few days, an avalanche of articles have been published about the most likely future for Greece and especially of the European Union, if...
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Brexit: What’s Next?
Tweet Very few international events throughout both, mankind’s history and the history of financial markets have achieved a cause/effect reaction so unmistakably clear as the one produced by the Brexit...
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Apple, Ireland, and the EU: First Steps Towards Self-Regulated Competition in...
Tweet “Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.” ––Lord Acton FACTS The EU has requested that Apple Inc. pay €13.5 billion to the Irish Treasury,...
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The Global Political Pendulum at Work
Tweet Since the Summer of 2016, the world has gravitated towards uncharted and very ominous waters, like Brexit and Trump’s presidency. For the time being, the UK and the US, two traditional bastions...
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