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Free markets are to bezos " just like an opinion, man". That guy is in charge of a quasi-monopoly that will entrench its dominant position in the market thanks to the government that is captured by an oligarchy.

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As discussed in the Haagse Zaken podcast: Wilders' strategy (defect on promises and blaming others for it) seems to work, as PVV voters blame the cabinet for lack of achievements so far.

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Misleidende en selectief gebruik van het CBS rapport: hoeveel van het NLs tekort is danks de gestegen energie prijzen (wat het CBS rapport ook aangeeft) in plaats van volume aan goederen?

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Very interesting to look at the age distribution in the exit poll. The SPD which already did very poorly with young voters last time continues to loose further there - a party of pensioners. Interestingly, also huge losses for the Greens among young voters and massive gains for the Linke.

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PVV Klever: "minder geld voor ontwikkelingshulp, meer geld voor migratie deals met landen sluiten" Hoe migratie deals uiteindelijk uitpakken: www.middleeasteye.net/news/eu-call...

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How will cancelling development aid make your country's private companies see their profits increase? This is all bs and the Dutch cabinet uses the Trump momentum to implement similar austerity policies. . .

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Rechtsaußen Populisten sind scheinbar die besten, wenn es darum geht Berufliches und Privates zu trennen . . .

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Sad thing is that this childish theater serves both (PVV and VVD leader) quite well: Wilders can leverage this to threaten to blow up the coalition in the short-run, while Yesilgöz can leverage Wilder's opposition in budget negotiations further down the road to justify further austerity 1/

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Tired: Schlussmachen per SMS Wired: Scheidung ankündigen über Bild

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I wrote a new piece for the Munich Security Conference. There is a case to borrow to rapidly rebuild Europe's military capabilities - and to do so jointly. But there's no free lunch. EU leaders needs to have hard-nosed debate about the trade-offs involved. ip-quarterly.com/en/how-europ...

submitted 15 days ago • 8 comments

The part Rutte (and other Dutch politicians pointing at e.g. pension funds) leave out: these are potentially non-revenue generating investments. But the elephant in the room is something else 1/

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

VVD still running with the same old strategy: staying vague, staying intergovernmental. Watch them opposing any further integration and using the promised defence expenditures as leverage in next national budget negotiations.

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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f... Rutte, whose party and cabinet ministers during his time as PM made vague promises to increase defence spending only to torpedo such spending plans in budget negotiations and oppose a European army, now gaslights Europeans about defence spending. . .

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"Everyone can create money; the problem is that it gets accepted"

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Liked his Central Banking 101 & early substack, but apparently monetary policy plumbing explainers don't pay the bills. Sad to see he now turned to shilling for Trump's tariffs www.msn.com/en-us/news/p... and Musk's DOGE, both of which he claims will "save billions"...

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"Umsiedlungen", "aberwitzige Pläne". Scheinbar sind gerade Euphemismuswochen in der Spiegel Redaktion. Derselbe Spiegel, der einem Troll-Kolumnisten (Fleischhauer) eine Platform bot um sich über politische Korrektheit auszulassen, kann jetzt die Tatsachen nicht beim Namen nennen. . .

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Two 4-year salaried PhD positions in EU foreign policy at @polscileiden.bsky.social @leidensocial.bsky.social to work with my amazing colleague @karolinapomorska.bsky.social as part of the @ec.europa.eu funded EUFOG project. Share = 🙏

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An irredentist fash in the White House who now openly advocates ethnic cleansing ( probably to build seaside resorts on the land). The Great in MAGA seems to stand for territorial expansion. www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/p...

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A panel on the Treasury this Thursday, with the incredible @epopppp.bsky.social and @abenewman.bsky.social. This is not just for academics. Everyone needs to understand what's happening right now. Spread the word!

submitted 23 days ago • 8 comments

What are the chances that next to enriching himself, Musk is engineering this crisis as a way to then make the case for a blockchain based payment system? "see how easy it was to hack/manipulate the governments ledger? Hence we need an immutable ledger blablabla"

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I think this is our future unless someone stops him. Musk’s plan for X has been for it to replace the entire banking system. His keen interest in seizing control of Treasury payments (and its tech) may forebode an intention to have such payments go through X www.theverge.com/2023/10/26/2...

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Belgium will become the latest European country where the largest member of the governing coalition sits in a far-right EU grouping. But despite holding an official Flemish secessionist position, N-VA is considered center right domestically in Belgium. Here's why:

submitted 26 days ago • 3 comments

In preview of my Monday morning piece, I'm going to say a little bit about why this is so concerning. This is not some "economy" thing. Its first & foremost the possibility that our legal order is modified so the law of the land is defined by Elon Musk at Treasury www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

submitted 26 days ago • 58 comments

It's true that this reminds people of the premise of the movie The Terminator, but on the bright side (no pun intended) giving AI access to nuclear defense is certainly one way to make good on the promise to make "lots of jobs that exist today redundant", too.

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

🚨Update #EUtop100 🇪🇺🚨! TGIF so right time to share #EUtop100 list with 🦋. And there are some spots left! So give your favorites in the comments. 🙏 We could still use some more CEE people in the list! PS: No lawmakers go.bsky.app/TYRVooK

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Got around listening to recent oddLots ep on crypto w Campbell; not sure I understand why SC could be integrated into the eurodollar system (or replace it/enhance it/make it more transparent etc), since SCs still look to me like MMFshares - and not like deposits issued by banks outside US. But: 1/

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

Alternative kop: Werknemers en bredere maatschappij vrezen voor te hoge winsten: "moeten terug naar normaal niveau"

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Not the main story, but: index funds...so much diversity... www.ft.com/content/b96f...

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wat ons nog meer te wachten staat de komende weken? nou dit tinkebell.substack.com/p/een-verbod...

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Musk today at an AfD rally: “The German people are really an ancient nation which goes back thousand of years… It's good to be proud of German culture, German values, and not to lose that in some sort of multiculturalism that dilutes everything” www.reuters.com/world/europe...

submitted 33 days ago • 184 comments

Surprised there is no motorist party (afaik) in Germany..

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Picture of audience sending their hearts out to the Olympic athletes

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

The US is accelerating its transformation into a corrupt and autocratic oligarchy, governed by robber barons who openly flirt with fascism, but the real question is: mit welchen Aktien und Anlagen können sie jetzt profitieren?

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