published Jul 27th 2016, 1:00 am, by The Editors (Bloomberg View) — Russian President Vladimir Putin urgently needs to revive his country’s economy. His greatest obstacle will be himself. While Americans argue about the extent of Russia’s intervention in the U.S. presidential election, Putin is battling a recession at home.

published Aug 9th 2016, 6:49 pm, by David Knowles and Jennifer Epstein (Bloomberg) — Donald Trump’s choice of words as he rallied Second Amendment advocates has roiled the presidential race at a time when the Republican has sought to reassure voters skeptical of his temperament. Trump suggested Tuesday that “the

published Aug 9th 2016, 4:00 pm, by David Ramli (Bloomberg) — Deep within a building shaped like the Starship Enterprise, a little-known Chinese company is working on the future of education. Vast banks of servers record children at work and play, tracking touchscreen swipes, shrugs and head swivels – amassing

published Aug 8th 2016, 1:09 pm, by Barry Ritholtz (Bloomberg View) — Sell everything! That seems to be the advice coming from the moneyed set these days. Not just one or two cranky billionaires, but many of them; Warren Buffett seems to be a notable exception. In a commentary sent

published Aug 8th 2016, 4:00 pm, by Zhu Feng (Bloomberg View) — A bit of China-bashing is inevitable in any U.S. election year. Over the past month, though, after China roundly dismissed an arbitration ruling that rejected its claims in the South China Sea, a chorus of voices has angrily

published Aug 8th 2016, 6:23 pm, by Elizabeth Campbell (Bloomberg) — Chicago school officials presented a budget that relies on the state of Illinois passing an overhaul of its underfunded pension system and assumes that the teachers’ union will agree to pay more into their retirement funds. The $5.4 billion

published Aug 7th 2016, 4:00 pm, by Masaki Kondo and Will Davies (Bloomberg) —The Land of Smiles really is the happiest place in the world, at least in terms of holding a job and keeping the rising cost of goods in check. The Misery Index, computed by adding inflation to

published Aug 5th 2016, 11:05 am, by Justin Fox (Bloomberg View) —Among the many contributors to what was generally a gangbusters employment report Friday was the government sector, which added 38,000 jobs in July (30,000 of them in local government). That hasn’t been the case very often during this recovery. There are almost 15

published Aug 7th 2016, 3:45 pm, by Mihir Sharma (Bloomberg View) — Once again, India is in danger of sabotaging its own efforts to raise foreign investment to China-like levels. The latest salvo in this undeclared, self-defeating war is the government’s reported decision to block Tata Sons from paying what

published Jun 19th 2016, 10:38 am, by Albert R. Hunt (Bloomberg View) — There have not been two more prominent conservative activists over the past quarter century than Grover Norquist, the anti-tax and anti-government advocate, and Ralph Reed, a leading strategist for the religious right. Both profess to put principles