There is an opportunity here to eschew heavy handed regulation.

Want to find the best job in the world? Here’s how to think about it. You want a job with maximum return to your skills as possible. You therefore want maximum return on equity, per person, in your job or field. You really couldn’t give a toss what the return on assets is. Return on

In the latter part of 2008, the value of world trade plummeted as availability of trade finance evaporated at the same time that global economic growth slowed drastically.

Its not fundamentals that are driving equity markets and responsible for the current weakness. Fundamentals were bound to weaken once the first round of inventory restocking had taken place and the benefits of cost cutting had been realized. The world economy is still weak, but in a recovery phase, and conditions have returned to normal,

  Debt levels as a percentage of GDP: