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From Poetry to Everything Else. Philosophy, Politics and Society, Economics. The Ego, the presumption of Knowing. People seen as a Metaphor, while in ourselves we are something else. Still wondering what this is. The Challenge of Humanity. #Evolution
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Shocking Images of Jupiter: What the James Webb Telescope Truly Saw youtu.be/N9ky6aVLWbg

Roberto Calasso - René Girard Lecture, November 5th, 2014 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJZm...

💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

AI hype and data-center capex have been major market drivers in the past year but there is some angst lately about how much is being spent and whether there is a real business case for it all. www.forexlive.com/news/here-is...

Is Germany heading for another three-party-coalition? If the liberal FDP and the left-wing conservative BSW secure enough votes to enter the Bundestag, a three-party coalition might be the only viable option. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Live. German federal election 2025 live updates: Centre-right CDU in the lead, first exit poll suggests

Sensitivity to US Trade (Chart) 1. Performance sensitivity to S&P 500 of European equity indexes 2. Sensitivity vs revenue exposure to the US #EURO

Euro zone countries #Defense spending vs USA and China Please consider USA and China are de-facto Super Powers. The EU is still in an experimental unfinished economic zone experiment, thought upon Peace as common 'Energy' Coal and Steel Policies, known as the 1950's Schuman Declaration)

EURO ZONE Stock Markets over the past year to present

German growth lags the euro zone

Stocks and Trade

Euro countries' GDP growth vs US

Societe Generale chart on equity risk premia in US and Europe

While the outcome of this weekend's election is yet to be determined, German and European stocks have already reached record highs this year, far outpacing historically expensive Wall Street indexes. #DAX #CAC #EUROSTOXX #EURUSD #EURJPY __ SocGen's team reckons over this weekend's German Elections

#Odysseus is said to have possessed 59 herds of cattle, sheep, pigs and goats. With 3000 mares, Erichthonios was considered "the richest of all mortal men". This status was displayed on the elite guest figures. www.welt.de/geschichte/a...

Government action has at last influenced markets. What has changed radically: like no other, Donald Trump stands for a new era in which political decisions dominate stock market prices. #dax Die historische Börsen-Wende – und wie sich Anleger darauf einstellen www.welt.de/wirtschaft/p...

Who owns France's debt and why it matters www.reuters.com/business/fin...

The Banque de France reported on Thursday a certain “deceleration” of company failures, with 65,844 companies defaulting over 12 months by the end of January. An increase of 14.8% in annual rate, compared with 17.4% at the end of December.

#gold 😷

The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek: The Man Who Discovered Britain - Barry Cunliffe (Author) Pytheas's own account of the journey, titled On the Ocean and published in about 320 B.C., has not survived, though it echoes in the works of ancient historians like Herodotus and Strabo.

19th century reconstruction of Eratosthenes' map of the known world #history

The chaos in South Korean politics and law courts since 3rd December has been extraordinary - even by SK standards 1/3

US-Russia talks 'first step' in long and difficult journey to end Ukraine war, says Rubio

from Rubaiyat: "A Book of Verses underneath the Bough" By Omar Khayaam A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread—and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness— Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!

"Athens' biggest worry was the sheer recklessness of its own democratic government. A simple majority of the citizenry, urged on and incensed by clever demagogues, might capriciously send out military forces in unnecessary and exhausting adventures." -- Thucydides

#History #Thucydides

EUropean Leaders have agreed to not agree! #Eur 👎 apnews.com/article/eu-e...

Europe’s running out of road You'd be forgiven for thinking that European leaders love a crisis and relish finding a way out at the last minute. But something's changed. The continent is, again, facing extreme difficulties. (ING Bank) think.ing.com/articles/eur...

"Politicians in Europe are using the JD Vance and Trump external enemy excuse to disguise the existential problem of a system that is crumbling. " - Daniel Lacalle www.dlacalle.com/en/the-europ...

What If the European Union Collapses? Analyzing the Triggers, Scenarios, and Global Impacts of an EU Disintegration ghelburlabs.substack.com/p/what-if-th...

The end of EU as We knew It ... 🔚 According to data, the European Union had a slightly higher GDP than the United States in 2008. However, by 2022, the EU economy was a third smaller than the US. By the end 2025 1/5 maybe of that of US

Crisis Cycle: Challenges, Evolution, and Future of the #Euro "The euro started with a good monetary-fiscal framework. However, innovations in a series of unexpected crises changed the monetary-fiscal foundations of the euro dramatically. ,,,👇" www.johnhcochrane.com/research-all...

In this short Life that only lasts an hour By Emily Dickinson #poetry In this short Life that only lasts an hour How much - how little - is within our power

meanwhile in France 😲 www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

Copper prices climbed to three-month highs on Friday, helped by supply tightness and on expectation that U.S. President Donald Trump's plans for reciprocal global tariffs would not come into effect until April. 👈👈🤥

🤣 So much fuss...Algorithmic Hallucinations 👇 U.S. President Donald Trump reciprocal tariff's plan will not be implemented till later. - RTRS

The EU is preparing to cut tariffs on U.S. car imports in a bid to prevent a trade war with Donald Trump, according to European lawmaker Bernd Lange. The proposal would lower the EU’s current 10% import tax, bringing it closer to the 2.5% tariff the U.S. imposes on European cars.… 😨

Economic analyses suggest that the imposition of these tariffs could lead to drastic declines in German exports, with some forecasts predicting drops as steep as 14.9% in exports to the U.S. Key sectors www.ctol.digital/news/germany...

Now all together, throw a #Munk to the Sky

Ray Dalio to the Trump administration: Cut debt now or face an 'economic heart attack' - CNBC