America's Longest Economic Expansion

The US Economy’s Strange Decade

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/america-weak-productivity-growth-jobs-wages-by-larry-hatheway-2019-06

U.S. Economy Celebrates 10 Years of Growth, But No One’s Partying

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-06/u-s-economy-celebrates-10-years-of-growth-but-no-one-s-partying

Democracy and Capitalism - Symbiotic Relationship?

How compatible are democracy and capitalism?

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2019/06/11/how-compatible-are-democracy-and-capitalism

Martin Wolf’s brilliant piece is worth reading: The case for capitalism

https://www.ft.com/content/d8b903d0-4bfe-11e9-bbc9-6917dce3dc62

Related:

Enlightened Capitalism

https://vivekjayakumar.blogspot.com/2019/04/enlightened-capitalism.html

Book Recommendation:

Ponzi Schemes and Debt Obligations

The saga of a Florida real-estate district calls into question the power of some debt covenants.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-06-12/ponzi-scam-and-bond-protections-collide-in-oppenheimerfunds-case

Measuring GDP - A Challenging Task

India's GDP - Statistical Challenges in Accurately Estimating GDP:
India’s GDP Mis-estimation: Likelihood, Magnitudes, Mechanisms, and Implications
https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/files/growthlab/files/2019-06-cid-wp-354.pdf

Controversies Surrounding GDP

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/economy/2019/06/why-we-urgently-need-real-alternative-gdp-economic-measure

The Inclusive Development Index 2018

http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Forum_IncGrwth_2018.pdf

Education and the Inequality Debate

Better Schools Won’t Fix America

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/education-isnt-enough/590611/

Nick Hanauer states: Like many rich Americans, I used to think educational investment could heal the country’s ills—but I was wrong.

Latin America - Challenging Economic Landscape

Halting Latin America’s Economic Slide
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/latin-america-slow-growth-poverty-investment-by-mauricio-cardenas-2019-06

Why Latin America’s economies are stagnating
https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2019/05/30/why-latin-americas-economies-are-stagnating

Populism and polarisation threaten Latin America
https://www.economist.com/briefing/2019/05/11/populism-and-polarisation-threaten-latin-america

Argentina’s Economic Misery Could Bring Populism Back to the Country

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/business/argentina-economy-macri-populism.html

Latin America’s Weak Economic Recovery
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/latin-america-economic-growth-recovery-reform-by-jose-antonio-ocampo-2018-12

Deluded and Disappointed, Economists Rethink Brazil's Future

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-29/deluded-and-disappointed-economists-rethink-brazil-s-future

Brazil’s Damaged Engine Signals Disappointing Growth Ahead

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-02/brazil-s-damaged-engine-signals-disappointing-growth-ahead

African Kingdoms - History

Africa’s Lost Kingdoms

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/06/27/medieval-africa-lost-kingdoms/