> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.thejanusobserver.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # June 22, 2018 - URL: https://www.thejanusobserver.com/june-22-2018/ - Published: 2018-06-22T12:00:25.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-25T19:56:59.000Z - Author: Jonathan Janus - Tags: Uncategorized, Child Mortality Rates, Education, Fertility Rates, Foreclosure Starts, FOREX, Global GDP, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, India, Investment Management, Life Expectancy, Nonfinancial Corporate Bonds, Old-Age Dependency Ratio, Poverty Statistics, Real Estate, Technology, #Migrated-1792957904788, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-25 19:52 # Perspective [WSJ - Growth in Retiring Baby Boomers Strains U.S. Entitlement Programs - Janet Adamy and Paul Overberg 6/21](https://www.wsj.com/articles/retiring-baby-boomers-leave-the-u-s-with-fewer-workers-to-support-the-elderly-1529553660?mod=djemalertNEWS&ref=thejanusobserver.com) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj_us-old-age-dependency-ratio_6-21-18.png) # Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice [FT - The world's progress brings new challenges - Martin Wolf 5/29](https://www.ft.com/content/435acbd4-629d-11e8-a39d-4df188287fff?ref=thejanusobserver.com) - "Preserving peaceful relations in an era of rapid shifts in relative power is tough." - ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/2018-05-29_ft_declining-global-fertility-rates.png) - ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/2018-05-29_ft_declining-global-child-mortality-rates.png) - ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/2018-05-29_ft_global-absolute-poverty-rates.png) - ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/2018-05-29_ft_global-life-expectancy-rates.png) - ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/2018-05-29_ft_global-gdp-shares-by-ppp.png) - ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/2018-05-29_ft_global-greenhouse-emissions.png) [Project Syndicate - Are We in a Corporate Debt Bubble? - Susan Lund 6/19](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/growing-corporate-debt-crisis-risks-by-susan-lund-2018-06?ref=thejanusobserver.com) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/ps_mckinsey_amount-of-nonfinancial-corporate-bonds_6-19-18.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/ps_mckinsey_share-of-nonfinancial-corporate-bonds-at-higher-risk-of-default_6-19-18.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/ps_mckinsey_global-nonfinancial-corporate-bond-maturities_6-19-18.png) [WSJ - Japan's Yen: A Currency for All Seasons? - Richard Barley 6/21](https://www.wsj.com/articles/japans-yen-a-currency-for-all-seasons-1529573401?mod=djemHeardEUH&ref=thejanusobserver.com) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj_forex-performance-against-usd_6-21-18.png) [WSJ - Why Home Prices Have Nowhere to Go But Up - Justin Lahart 6/20](https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-home-prices-have-nowhere-to-go-but-up-1529514367?mod=djemHeardEUH&ref=thejanusobserver.com) - "Low supply is keeping sales down despite higher rates and builders are in no rush to boost production." # Markets / Economy [WSJ - Behemoths Have Dominated the Market Before, but Tech Is Different - James Mackintosh 6/14](https://www.wsj.com/articles/behemoths-have-dominated-the-market-before-but-tech-is-different-1528997537?mod=djemDailyShot&mod=djemDailyShot&ref=thejanusobserver.com) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj_tech-caps-race-to-a-trillion_6-14-18.png) # Real Estate [FT - Blackstone remains global king of property funds - Chris Flood 6/2](https://www.ft.com/content/131cd6fe-63fd-11e8-a39d-4df188287fff?ref=thejanusobserver.com) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/2018-06-02_ft_worlds-largest-property-managers.png) WSJ - Daily Shot: Black Knight - US Foreclosure Starts 6/21 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj_daily-shot_black-knight-us-foreclosure-starts_6-21-18.png) # Finance [FT - The mystery trader who roiled Wall Street - Miles Johnson and Robert Smith 6/3](https://www.ft.com/content/5e23e516-5cdc-11e8-ad91-e01af256df68?ref=thejanusobserver.com) - "Former Blackstone executive used complex credit derivatives to become a feared hedge fund manager but left behind a trail of recriminations." # Education [NYT - The Numbers That Explain Why Teachers Are in Revolt - Robert Gebeloff 6/4](https://nyti.ms/2xCHNTq?ref=thejanusobserver.com) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/nyt_change-in-us-education-spending-per-pupil_2009-2016_6-4-18.png) [NYT - Top Colleges Are Cheaper Than You Think (Unless You're Rich) - David Leonhardt 6/5](https://nyti.ms/2LZ0Udn?ref=thejanusobserver.com) # India [FT - Payments crunch pushes Indian power producers to brink of default - Simon Mundy and Kiran Stacey 6/20](https://www.ft.com/content/07bca5a4-73bc-11e8-aa31-31da4279a601?segmentId=a7371401-027d-d8bf-8a7f-2a746e767d56&ref=thejanusobserver.com) - "Possibility of writedowns hangs over banks still struggling from bad-loan crisis."