UBS Global Wealth Report 2024

People around the world are getting progressively wealthier – and that doesn’t just apply to those who already own great wealth. What does the future hold for global wealth? The answer is encouraging. Our analysis of over 50 key markets in this year’s Global Wealth Report shows the world is getting progressively richer across all …

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Larry Fink’s BlackRock 2024 Annual Chairman’s Letter to Investors

Time to rethink retirement When my mom passed away in 2012, my dad started to decline quickly, and my brother and I had to go through my parents’ bills and finances. Both my mom and dad worked great jobs for 50 years, but they were …

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The Ideal Political System According to Artificial Intelligence

There is much talk about populism, democracy, conservatives, neoliberals, progressives, independents, no labels, republicans, autocrats, libertarians, authoritarians, totalitarians, infallible Iman, anarchists, supreme leaders, tyranny, and many other schisms. Monarchical regimes are fading away and constrained in their ability to govern, remaining as symbolic figures, except …

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Conservative Nationalism.

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Conservative nationalism is a worldwide trend today, although it is difficult to discern in all its intricacies. The conjunction of apparently alien forces has a strange common ideological component: it includes conservative nationalists of the traditional right and militants of some long-standing …

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The Financial Times presents A Testing Year for Democracy.

The Editor of the Financial Times, Roula Khalaf, addressed a letter to its readers welcoming to Democracy 2024 with a series of articles and short films marking an extraordinary year ahead. “More than half the global population is potentially voting in elections this year. Some …

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Project or Fantasy?

Federico Reyes Heroles The discussion was intense. Ignorance and fears, real and mythical, lurked. Commercial partners of the US? But they are our historical enemy; they want to appropriate our natural wealth. But the world transformation was undeniable. With all the hatreds inherited from the …

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Polarizaton is Global. So?

Polarization around the world is increasingly present, in some cases even concerning. Politics in some countries are moved by protesting angry citizens fed up with the incompetence of their leaders. Extremists have a fertile ground for their causes, both for left and right. Unlikely candidates …

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North-South, East-West.

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting was held last week in an atmosphere of global realignments. The leaders’ speeches (3 women among men) from multiple countries expressed opinions on common issues: the war in Ukraine, the global financial system, poverty, the …

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