Welcome to the age of hoarding
As global economic uncertainty mounts, stockpiling is back
As global economic uncertainty mounts, stockpiling is back

Governments should focus more on boosting supply and productivity

Countries and companies will need to compete for funds to meet their spending plans

Governments are hoarding rice and grain as insurance against a world they increasingly view as unstable. But many economists…

But it relies on a host of rosy assumptions going in investors’ favour

History suggests the political approach ends in unsustainable debt and lower GDP

And the prospects for a Hassett-led Fed