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    The Real Threat to American Democracy

    Michael Lind

    By fixating on the January 6 Capitol Hill riot and Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election, political and media elites can conveniently ignore the deeper problems afflicting American democracy. Yet only by identifying the system’s true vulnerabilities can it be preserved. 

     thinks hand-wringing over January 6 – and the electoral issues surrounding it – misses the bigger picture.
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    Inflation Will Hurt Both Stocks and Bonds

    Nouriel Roubini

    The longstanding negative correlation between stock and bond prices is an artifact of the low-inflation environment of the past 30 years. If inflation and inflation expectations continue to rise, investors will have to rethink their portfolio strategies to hedge against the risk of massive future losses.

     shows why the hedging strategies of the past three decades may no longer make much sense.
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