“The Politics of Unity” is not just a political treatise; it’s about altering a life philosophy that seems to be individually, regionally, and globally headed for a breakdown…Especially recommended for readers working in political circles in a cooperative effort for positive change.”
Michael Cuddehe is a veteran market analyst, trader and fund manager. He has spent the last 40 years tracking and analyzing global political and economic developments. He is the publisher of Risk & Opportunity, a quarterly political and economic newsletter, and the author of “Chronicle of Catastrophe: A Contemporaneous History of the Bush Years.”
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“The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking…We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.”
–Albert Einstein
Navigating Chaos
/in Risk & Opportunity /by mcuddeheNavigating Chaos It’s summertime. This was when the virus was supposed to back off for a while. That’s certainly not happening. America’s response to this pandemic has been a tragedy, and a national embarrassment – the result of a catastrophic failure of leadership, and the deliberate politicization of recommended measures to limit the spread of […]
June 2020: New Beginnings
/in Risk & Opportunity /by mcuddeheThe inauguration of Donald Trump brought on a whirlwind of scandal-a-day chaos that has made it impossible for me to assemble the long form Risk & Opportunity newsletters that I have published since 2002. As a result, I have only published twice since the 2016 election: “Donald Trump – The Chaos President” in July of […]
2020: A Republic If You Can Keep It – Part 1
/in Risk & Opportunity /by mcuddeheSteve Bannon once held forth that the agenda of the Trump Administration is the “deconstruction of the administrative state.” In its place he envisioned a no-holds-barred nationalistic capitalism, grounded in a medieval Christianity – waging war against secularism and Islam. As time goes on, however, it has become clear that President Trump has something else […]
2017: Donald Trump – The Chaos President
/in Risk & Opportunity /by mcuddeheThis has been a difficult letter to write. The turbulence unleashed by the election of Donald Trump has continued unabated. The belligerent torrent of attack tweets and “alternative facts” emanating daily from the White House leaves one wondering how this could happen in America, and what will become of us. The news has become all […]
Q3 ’16: 2016 Election Issue—The Politics of Destruction
/in Risk & Opportunity /by mcuddeheAs the 2016 presidential election mercifully draws to a close, the polls indicate that Hillary Clinton will handily defeat Donald Trump. There is great uncertainty, however, regarding control of Congress. The House is expected to remain in Republican hands, but the Senate is up for grabs. At the eleventh hour, an announcement by FBI Director […]