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From about 1948, Western economies entered a long expansion that lasted until the early 1970s, during which time they grew at average annual rates...
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The S&P500 index is up some 700 per cent over the past half-century. Although, had you parked your money in gold in 1971, the year the U.S....
A customer browses an aisle at a grocery store In Toronto on Feb. 2. Cole Burston/The Canadian Press John Rapley is an author and academic who...
U.S. President Joe Biden boards Air Force One prior to departure from Galeao International Airport in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, on Nov. 19, as he...
Members of a U.S. Army honour guard team set American flags in place for a 'Celebration of America' event. Win McNamee/Getty Images John Rapley is...
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, left, speaks at a campaign rally in Kalamazoo, Mich. on Oct. 26. Former President...
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks on stage at the Britain's Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool, on Sept. 23....
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange react as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks on a TV, in New York on Nov. 2, 2022....
John Rapley is an author and academic who divides his time among London, Johannesburg and Ottawa. His books include Why Empires Fall (Yale...
Members of the Politburo Standing Committee attend the third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held from...
Trump Media is an odd beast, being neither a value nor a growth stock. With almost no revenue and debts that exceed its assets, its liquidation...
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell leaves after holding a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 18. The U.S. Federal Reserve cut...
The sunset over the Madrid towers, on Sept. 8. THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images John Rapley is an author and academic who divides his time among...
For now, the principal export market for China’s EVs and solar panels remains Europe. But China has also been expanding its sales to developing...
Since the end of the easy money era, gold is up more than 40 per cent, making it one of the few things worth owning. Rick Wilking/Reuters John...
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate...
President Joe Biden gestures to the crowd as he speaks alongside Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. Susan Walsh/The...
Port workers wait for the arrival of a container ship on a dock in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province on May 9. The Associated Press John...
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda arrives at the bank's headquarters in Tokyo on July 31. The Associated Press John Rapley is an author and academic...
A graph showing today's movements of Japan's Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan August 2, 2024. Issei Kato/Reuters John...
A high-speed train by French railway company SNCF travels on the Bordeaux-Paris route, at Chartres, northern France on July 26. JEAN-FRANCOIS...
Joe Biden dropped out of the U.S. presidential election on July 21, 2024. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/Getty Images John Rapley is an author and academic who...