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Trump, Clinton push opposing economic plans

  Albert R. Hunt The contempt that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump express for each other will continue to play out in vitriolic sound bites. But their profound differences on what to do about the economy and the struggling middle class are far more important. “This election will be won by whichever candidate convinces middle-class voters they are better for ...

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Why China both loves and fears the rule of law

  This month, the rule of law and China’s legal profession at large have received a lot of attention. This is out of recognition that both will be necessary to advance the country’s economic development, and yet both present a challenge to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) domination of China’s political agenda. On June 8, the “Hundred Jurists and Hundred ...

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Pound slumps, banks tumble on Brexit fallout; bonds extend gains

  BLOOMBERG The aftershocks of the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union reverberated across financial markets after a weekend of political turmoil, with the pound extending its record selloff and European equities dropping to levels last seen in February. Sterling fell below Friday’s lows with a 3.7 percent slide to the weakest since 1985 and the FTSE 100 Index ...

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