UNITED NATIONS — It’s been a momentous week for Russian President Vladimir Putin. While the major media focused on his trip to Brazil to accept the handover for the next FIFA World Cup football tournament in Russia as well as his participation in the Summit of the BRIC economic powers, the real story was the […]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — There used to be an advertising slogan, “We’re number two but we try harder.” Perhaps in the spirit of the times we should now revive the phrase and proclaim, “We’re number twelve, but it’s somebody else’s fault.” Thus when viewing the world’s freest economies, the U.S. has slid from […]
