Populist trade policies won’t protect jobs anywhere in the world | Kenneth Rogoff

As US and European political leaders fret about the future of quality jobs, they would do well to look at the far bigger problems faced by developing Asia – problems that threaten to place massive downward pressure on global wages. In India, where per capita...

Hedge fund legends are losing assets and underperforming the market significantly this year

Some of the most respected managers, who built the hedge fund industry, such as Paul Tudor Jones and David Einhorn, are lagging the market by a large margin this year.Paul Tudor Jones’ main fund BVI Global lost 1.9 percent year to date through July 21 compared...

Summer’s hot hiring may be slowing despite a strong annual increase, says LinkedIn

U.S. employers hired significantly more people in July compared with the same month last year, continuing a strong summer trend, according to the LinkedIn Workforce Report. But that does not tell the whole story. Although hiring in the U.S. was 17.3 percent higher...