Economist cover: The union’s troubled state

Goldman’s Jim O’Neill is right: The BRICs have performed so badly that they could eventually be a turnaround play. Here’s the one key chart to watch for cues.

The widely read historian and newsletter author doesn’t buy Bernanke’s case for an extended zero-interest rate policy.

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