Q: One of the central tenets of THE J CURVE is that we're not properly dealing with authoritarian regimes and their leaders because we don't truly understand how they define their interests.

A J-curve is a trendline that shows an initial loss immediately followed by a dramatic gain. In a chart, this pattern of activity would follow the shape of a capital "J". The J-curve effect is ...

In a contentious new book of globalization agonistes,”The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall,” Ian Bremmer makes the cunning argument that the way to topple tyrannies such as ...

Yesterday’s edition was such a hit with readers that I thought I’d publish some more data today—this time digging into PE returns. There’s no true benchmark for the private markets, as ...

Exit from lockdowns is likely to have a J-curve effect, lower oil consumption and prices in the first quarter of 2023 but increasing both later in the year. Since the first quarter of 2020 ...