Xi Jinping Applauds Kim's 'Socialist Cause' In Warm North Korea State Visit

How Brazil's Government Is Making Work Illegal Authored by Henrique Torrescasana Trevisan via Mises Institute, More than 38 million Brazilian workers fall outside the reach of one of the most extensive labor codes in Latin America, and yet the National Congress is close to making that code even more rigid through a bill that would abolish the six-day work schedule known as "6x1." In the first half of 2026, the country's informality rate hovered around 37.4 percent of the employed population, a level that has persisted even as Brazil's labor market has...

Bessent Convenes G20 Finance Chiefs To Confront China's $1.2 Trillion Trade Surplus Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will meet with G20 finance ministers and central bank governors later today in Asheville, North Carolina, to discuss strategies for reviving economic growth, correcting global imbalances, reassessing trade relationships with China, and addressing the sovereign debt mess. The agenda today will also include plans to deepen Iran's economic isolation, Reuters reported, citing a senior US Treasury official. The discussions signal a continuation of the financial-pressure campaign Bessent unveiled last week (read here). "The world cannot have...

America's Wile E. Coyote Moment Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, When it comes to contextualizing the tech, bond, gold and policy headlines of Q4 2026, it's easier to foresee their pathway ahead by first looking backwards. Once understood, we mathematically realize that our problems are not in the future, they are right now. The 1970s Ah, the 1970s. It was an era of bellbottom jeans, checkered suits, wide ties, the music of ABBA and Saturday morning cartoons. It was also the decade in which Nixon decoupled the dollar and ended the sound money...