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Highly useful framework to stay focused while watching American political reality failing forward

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When governments turn to retribution politics, friendly oligarchs can quickly see their fortunes evaporate. New piece w/Nikhil Kalyanpur on how the Trump/Musk tie up could end badly for the likes of Musk. Other oligarchs should think twice. wp.me/p3I2YF-eN7

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Greece, Spain are the most promising locations to let Europes energy intensive industries migrate. Abundant energy, lower labour costs. A lot of their regions are already showing strong growth in intra-EU goods exports. Germany should let some of its steel and chemical industry go there.

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@yussefr.bsky.social and i have some things to say about this here: americanaffairsjournal.org/2024/11/will... But we were too optimistic about the politics!

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

That could really fly into Orban's face in the next elections in his own country.

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Une question importante - quelle sorte de croissance, de progrès technologique voulons-nous ? www.alternatives-economiques.fr/clara-leonar...

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Serious question: how can anyone credibly argue that re-converting the Seine riverbanks into roads for cars would benefit the city? I don’t know a single Parisian who’d argue that the pedestrian zones next to the Seine have not massively improved quality of life here.

submitted 52 days ago • 3 comments

open corruption, as opposed to the thinly disguised corruption of personal crypto coins.

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The CHIPS Act is alive... In South Korea. As a share of GDP, their package is 22 times larger than what even Biden pledged. South Korea unveils $23 billion support package for chips amid US tariff uncertainty. www.reuters.com/technology/s...

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„Wir müssen nicht die Wirtschaft fördern, wir müssen die Produkte fördern!“ Wilhelm Wagenfeld share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothe...

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Finanzierungsvorbehalt, aber als leerer Signifikant der politischen Praxis.

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“One issue is that cars foul the air regardless of the fuel they use.”

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I'm so glad this is how our society makes investment decisions

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Why did France ever bother to invest in maintaining control over Niger when Canada has “world’s largest deposits of high-grade uranium”? They even speak French! www.ft.com/content/d481...

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Wow, why do I have so many new Turkish followers suddenly?

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Turkish media, who owns what? A very useful map showing the concentration of media ownership in #Turkey, where 90% of media outlets are owned by pro-government groups (Demirören, Doğuş, Kalyon, etc) which are themselves active in the construction and energy sectors. graphcommons.com/h/mulksuzles...

submitted 68 days ago • 2 comments

As the US-EU trade war escalates, UNI Europa urges European institutions to undertake a comprehensive reassessment of public procurement contracts awarded to American companies — including contracts awarded to Amazon Web Services (AWS). Our full statement:

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EU cohesion policy 2021-2027: European Commission suggests incentives to focus support on military mobility and industry, innovation, energy transition et al. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

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First official electric power data release of 2025 is out, and US solar production continues to grow rapidly. It's up 43% from this time last year, nearing summer-2022 levels in winter of 2025

submitted 73 days ago • 27 comments

Europe is such a tough place to do business. Here we see a French Court completely devaluing a previously valuable asset into which the Russian government invested millions.

submitted 69 days ago • 51 comments

For a new project with @tiagomramalho.bsky.social (🎉) on the European Commission's expertise, I've built a #rstats script to scrape ECFIN directorate's publications: economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/publications... Could be useful to others ▶️ github.com/agoutsmedt/c... #political_economy #OpenData

submitted 69 days ago • 1 comment

Das ist der Trumpismus wie er sich bereits mitten in Deutschland entfaltet: Ein ruhiges Gewissen für Verbrecher, Strafverfolgung für jene, die gegen die Gewissenlosigkeit aufbegehren.

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Why not for every car by standard? If there is a speed limit it is no restriction on the driver‘s well-understood freedom if the car itself keeps him from driving faster. At the same time it will prevent deaths.

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Resembling more and more the managed economy of a fascist regime. Managed not through professional planning procedures but through political targets and threats.

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

"Damals wie heute ist jede 'herrschende Meinung' der Ansicht, jeder Gedanke, der sie in Frage stellt, sei 'politisch', also verwerflich, sie selbst sei jedoch 'politisch neutral', ohne ihre politische Funktion (...) zum Gegenstand einer Überlegung zu machen." Wolfgang Abendroth

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

Will get around to a proper pinned post, but here's one interesting thing I do - the Green Economy Tracker. greeneconomytracker.org 41 countries, 21 policies, crowd sourced assessment of green transitions. Evolution in progress... 🧬

submitted 206 days ago • 0 comments

Cutting red tape often means cutting democratic rights: Now the German CDU wants to get rid of the Freedom of Information Act that allows citizens to demand insight into government documents.

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

A government of con men protecting business con men doesn’t make for a great investment environment I‘m afraid

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

Great. Risk.

submitted 74 days ago • 2 comments

Weapons maker Rheinmetall is now worth more than VW.

submitted 75 days ago • 11 comments

Die petrochemische Industrie steht vor einem fundamentalen Kurswechsel: Um fossile Rohstoffe zu ersetzen, muss die Branche ihre Rohstoffbasis neu denken. Das Projekt GreenFeed stellt eine Roadmap für die Defossilisierung vor. Clemens Schneider hat mitgemacht: wupperinst.org/a/wi/a/s/ad/...

Highly useful framework to stay focused while watching American political reality failing forward

When governments turn to retribution politics, friendly oligarchs can quickly see their fortunes evaporate. New piece w/Nikhil Kalyanpur on how the Trump/Musk tie up could end badly for the likes of Musk. Other oligarchs should think twice. wp.me/p3I2YF-eN7

Greece, Spain are the most promising locations to let Europes energy intensive industries migrate. Abundant energy, lower labour costs. A lot of their regions are already showing strong growth in intra-EU goods exports. Germany should let some of its steel and chemical industry go there.

@yussefr.bsky.social and i have some things to say about this here: americanaffairsjournal.org/2024/11/will... But we were too optimistic about the politics!

That could really fly into Orban's face in the next elections in his own country.

Une question importante - quelle sorte de croissance, de progrès technologique voulons-nous ? www.alternatives-economiques.fr/clara-leonar...

Serious question: how can anyone credibly argue that re-converting the Seine riverbanks into roads for cars would benefit the city? I don’t know a single Parisian who’d argue that the pedestrian zones next to the Seine have not massively improved quality of life here.

open corruption, as opposed to the thinly disguised corruption of personal crypto coins.

The CHIPS Act is alive... In South Korea. As a share of GDP, their package is 22 times larger than what even Biden pledged. South Korea unveils $23 billion support package for chips amid US tariff uncertainty. www.reuters.com/technology/s...

„Wir müssen nicht die Wirtschaft fördern, wir müssen die Produkte fördern!“ Wilhelm Wagenfeld share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothe...

Finanzierungsvorbehalt, aber als leerer Signifikant der politischen Praxis.

“One issue is that cars foul the air regardless of the fuel they use.”

I'm so glad this is how our society makes investment decisions

Why did France ever bother to invest in maintaining control over Niger when Canada has “world’s largest deposits of high-grade uranium”? They even speak French! www.ft.com/content/d481...

Wow, why do I have so many new Turkish followers suddenly?

As the US-EU trade war escalates, UNI Europa urges European institutions to undertake a comprehensive reassessment of public procurement contracts awarded to American companies — including contracts awarded to Amazon Web Services (AWS). Our full statement:

EU cohesion policy 2021-2027: European Commission suggests incentives to focus support on military mobility and industry, innovation, energy transition et al. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

First official electric power data release of 2025 is out, and US solar production continues to grow rapidly. It's up 43% from this time last year, nearing summer-2022 levels in winter of 2025

Europe is such a tough place to do business. Here we see a French Court completely devaluing a previously valuable asset into which the Russian government invested millions.

Das ist der Trumpismus wie er sich bereits mitten in Deutschland entfaltet: Ein ruhiges Gewissen für Verbrecher, Strafverfolgung für jene, die gegen die Gewissenlosigkeit aufbegehren.

Why not for every car by standard? If there is a speed limit it is no restriction on the driver‘s well-understood freedom if the car itself keeps him from driving faster. At the same time it will prevent deaths.

Resembling more and more the managed economy of a fascist regime. Managed not through professional planning procedures but through political targets and threats.

"Damals wie heute ist jede 'herrschende Meinung' der Ansicht, jeder Gedanke, der sie in Frage stellt, sei 'politisch', also verwerflich, sie selbst sei jedoch 'politisch neutral', ohne ihre politische Funktion (...) zum Gegenstand einer Überlegung zu machen." Wolfgang Abendroth

Will get around to a proper pinned post, but here's one interesting thing I do - the Green Economy Tracker. greeneconomytracker.org 41 countries, 21 policies, crowd sourced assessment of green transitions. Evolution in progress... 🧬

Cutting red tape often means cutting democratic rights: Now the German CDU wants to get rid of the Freedom of Information Act that allows citizens to demand insight into government documents.

A government of con men protecting business con men doesn’t make for a great investment environment I‘m afraid

Great. Risk.

Weapons maker Rheinmetall is now worth more than VW.

Die petrochemische Industrie steht vor einem fundamentalen Kurswechsel: Um fossile Rohstoffe zu ersetzen, muss die Branche ihre Rohstoffbasis neu denken. Das Projekt GreenFeed stellt eine Roadmap für die Defossilisierung vor. Clemens Schneider hat mitgemacht: wupperinst.org/a/wi/a/s/ad/...

On the deceptiveness of relative indicators

“Cutting red tape”