Artículos de Roberto Balbino
Ensayos y análisis sobre política monetaria, banca, mercados globales y geopolítica, en inglés, italiano y español.
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- EN17 min de lectura
Europe Does Not Need Another Think Tank. It Needs to Become a Power.
Schengen and the euro were extraordinary achievements. But Europe stopped halfway.
- EN10 min de lectura
Premier League: The Football League That Plays by Different Financial Rules
Why England Can Spend Money That Italy, Spain, Germany and France Simply Cannot
- EN1 min de lectura
Who Votes for the Right? Age, Education, Income and the Hidden Geography of Political Ignorance
A comparative analysis of the United States, Argentina, Germany, Italy and France
- EN12 min de lectura
BREXIT: TEN YEARS LATER, THE ECONOMIC PROMISE HAS FAILED
Ten years later, the promised Brexit dividend has vanished — leaving Britain with weaker trade, lower productivity and a political reckoning over a decision that failed to deliver the prosperity it pr
- EN9 min de lectura
DIE BILDUNGSKLUFT HINTER DER POLITISCHEN RECHTEN UND EXTREMEN RECHTEN
Deutschland, USA und Italien: Bildung, funktionale Kompetenzen, wirtschaftliche Unsicherheit und die politische Nachfrage nach einfachen Antworten
- EN9 min de lectura
THE EDUCATION DIVIDE BEHIND THE POLITICAL RIGHT AND FAR RIGHT
Germany, the United States and Italy: education, functional skills, economic insecurity and the political demand for simple answers
- EN9 min de lectura
HORMUZ: THE MOMENT AMERICA MAY BE LOSING THE WORLD IT BUILT
Washington can win the battle for the Strait — and still lose the geopolitical war
- EN7 min de lectura
THE FED IS LOSING THE INFLATION WAR — BECAUSE THE DEBT HAS BECOME THE BOSS
Fiscal dominance is no longer a theoretical risk. It is becoming the central question for U.S. monetary policy.
- EN15 min de lectura
IS CHINA CONQUERING THE WORLD WITHOUT FIRING A SHOT?
Shops, supermarkets, real estate, underground banking, Africa and the Belt and Road
- EN11 min de lectura
Everyone Is an AI Expert Now. But What Does “AI Expert” Actually Mean?
The technology is advancing at extraordinary speed. The terminology surrounding it is becoming increasingly meaningless.
- EN21 min de lectura
NORTH AFRICA’S THREE ECONOMIC MODELS
Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia at the crossroads of Europe, Africa and the Mediterranean
- EN9 min de lectura
THE OLIGARCHS WERE SANCTIONED. THEIR CHILDREN WERE RAISED IN THE WEST.
How Europe welcomed the money, educated the heirs and discovered the problem only after Ukraine was invaded
- EN13 min de lectura
Trump’s Economic Experiment: The Numbers Are Getting Harder to Defend
Tariffs, tax cuts, debt, inflation and the promise of a “Golden Age” — what do the numbers actually say?
- EN15 min de lectura
Nepal and Tibet: The Tragedy at the Roof of the World
A disaster that reveals the history, economy, genetics and geopolitics of a region most of the world barely understands
- EN13 min de lectura
The Price of Money Is Political Again
USA, Europe and Argentina are fighting the same monetary battle — but from opposite sides
- EN13 min de lectura
Japan: From Economic Miracle to Conservative Revival — and the South Korean Challenge
The country that once seemed unstoppable
- EN32 min de lectura
THE SANCTIONS PARADOX
How much Russian wealth has really been frozen? Where did it go, who still controls it, and why sanctions can be so powerful on paper yet so difficult to enforce in reality — available in English, Italian, Spanish and Russian.
- EN3 min de lectura
China Doesn’t Have a Tax Problem. It Has a State-Capitalism Problem.
The conventional argument about China’s tax system is almost too comfortable.
- EN8 min de lectura
The Next Five Years Will Not Look Like the Last Five
Where Should Investors Look Now — and How Should They Diversify?
- EN13 min de lectura
THE HIDDEN GEOGRAPHY OF GLOBAL WEALTH
Who Really Controls Offshore Finance — and Who Pays the Price?
- EN1 min de lectura
Europe’s Five Economies: Who Really Protects Household Purchasing Power?
Spain, France, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom compared on debt, inflation, purchasing power, tax evasion and the real cost of work
- EN4 min de lectura
AI and Italy: The Last Chance to Escape the Low-Productivity Trap?
The Contrarian View