Herewith, please find a persuasive case for laying to rest the politically combustible claims of those who argue that virtually any "income inequality" is, per se, "unfair." In Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International Perspective, Thomas Sowell, the highly respected economist, presents a calmly phrased but damning indictment of perhaps the world's most rhetorical blunt political instrument: class hatred.

QE is partly to blame for record share buybacks and meager capital spending.

Margrethe Vestager sent shockwaves through the business community in both the European Union and elsewhere with her bold announcement this week that Luxembourg and the Netherlands were under a duty to claw back previous tax breaks that they had given to Fiat and Starbucks respectively.

Tamara is back from China, and the gang discusses the European Court of Justice decision in Schrems and whether it knocked the surveillance state back on its heels. We talk about whether Russia is a resurgent power in the Middle East? And we discuss my little campaign to get Russian President...