The Ideas Lab: New Ways To Understand Global Markets

The Land Trap

The world's oldest asset rests at the heart of the modern economy

Dec 1 • 

Kevin Coldiron

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November 2025

US Dollar Stablecoins Are A Dual Threat To China

If successful USD stablecoins could undermine China's monetary sovereignty and political power of the CCP.

Nov 1 • 

Kevin Coldiron

2

October 2025

Mindmasters

Targeted algorithms can influence our thoughts, feelings and behaviors.

Oct 1 • 

Kevin Coldiron

4

September 2025

The Measure of Progress

The next generation of economic statistics begins to emerge

Sep 1 • 

Kevin Coldiron

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July 2025

Hate The Game

How to navigate life's trickiest questions

Jul 1 • 

Kevin Coldiron

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June 2025

MEGA: Is Trump Making Europe Great Again?

A year ago BNP’s Koen De Leus and Philippe Gijsels published The New World Economy in Five Trends, a book that examined the shifting drivers of the…

Jun 1 • 

Kevin Coldiron

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May 2025

Our Dollar, Your Problem

TINA for now, but not forever

May 4 • 

Kevin Coldiron

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April 2025

Monetary Policy As if Democracy Matters

Is it time to end central bank independence?

Apr 1 • 

Kevin Coldiron

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March 2025

Chokepoints

Can the economy succeed when all its relationships are negotiating chips?

Mar 2 • 

Kevin Coldiron

3

February 2025

Democratizing Our Data

We need a new system for understanding the economy

Feb 2 • 

Kevin Coldiron

5

3

January 2025

The Soul Of Wealth

Meditations on the purpose of money

Jan 4 • 

Kevin Coldiron

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2

November 2024

Inflation and Democracy

Now, as always, tied at the hip

Nov 21, 2024 • 

Kevin Coldiron

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