Venture Capital Comes Back from the Brink
“It’s always darkest before the dawn.” Nowhere is that cliche more applicable than in today’s venture capital industry. When compared
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Economic Outlook
The Evolution of Mortgage Defaults
According to a recently published study from Morgan Stanley, roughly 12 percent of mortgage defaults are now so-called “strategic defaults.”
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The Great Reflation
Today, the United States and the rest of the world are recovering from the 2008 financial panic and the Great
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The New Competition for America’s Jobs
As the U.S. economy emerges from the Great Recession, it’s becoming increasingly apparent that the job markets of the past
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‘Chimerica,’ a Special Relationship at the Crossroads
Since the late 1970s, China and the United States have shared a unique synergy. While their strategic objectives were different,
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A New Golden Age… When People Least Expect It
Attitudes, demography, and technology move through largely predictable cycles. For the past decade, we’ve been in an era of retrenchment
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America Dodges the Global Demographic Bullet
As the Trends editors frequently remind us, “demography is destiny.” Today, falling birth rates have placed the developed world on
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