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Europe correspondent for The Economist. If you don’t use your real name, the bar for mute/block is low. Send me tales of corruption, the most important story in the world.
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Corruption is the most important story in the world, part 212. --Attacking kleptocracy has not, to date, been a very effective political strategy in the US. But that may possibly be changing. "The tariffs were a Trump insider trading scam" cuts through the noise.

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Heartbreaking scenes from Sumy this morning as residents gathered for Palm Sunday only to be met by Russian missiles. Horrific example of Russia intensifying attacks while Ukraine has accepted an unconditional ceasefire. My thoughts are with the Ukrainian people today.

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The thing about Europe is it doesn't invest enough in defence. But nor does it joke about invading neighbours. The thing about Europe is its economy is ailing. But Europeans have no concept of "medical bankruptcy". My take this week on the truly free continent www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

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It seems the potential economic effects could be particularly severe for the Netherlands

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Has this happened to you or anyone you know? Please let the folks at @sydmorningherald.bsky.social know here: [email protected] (PS anyone thinking about travelling to the US should read this and spend their money elsewhere)

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Germany warns against retaliating on US digital services after EU Commission President von der Leyen told @roulak.bsky.social, @henryjfoy.ft.com & @andybounds.bsky.social that the EU could tax Big Tech if no negotiated solution is found in the tariff war. www.ft.com/content/0ab1...

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“The stench of corruption around these policies keeps getting stronger. There’s a lot of circumstantial evidence for massive insider trading around last week’s tariff announcement; the big beneficiaries from the latest move are companies that made big donations to Trump.”

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Russia is still committing war crimes pretty much every day.

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us government went from telling miners “learn to code” to telling coders “learn to mine” in less than ten years

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One President wildly exceeded his authority by forgiving some student loans; a different President barely scratched the surface of his authority by disappearing anyone he pleases without trial to a foreign gulag. Constitutional law is a serious intellectual enterprise.

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Because Oren Cass, a pro-Trump think-tanker, is deluded enough to believe that America can still threaten Europe. But nothing it can do now would be worse than what it has already done

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Two nice things about this chart in @economist.com. First, it shows the bulk of UK exports are services - thus reducing the direct impact of US tariffs. Secondly, it is always nice to see data from @ourworldindata.org being used! economist.com/britain/2025...

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Why?

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Apparently the tariffs on China apply to all products except the ones I would normally buy from China

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Kevin Young is an incredible poet and scholar whose book “Bunk” is the best analysis of how important figures like Trump (PT Barnum etc) have been in American cultural history. Losing him at the NMAAHC is a tragedy.

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My contrarian thesis: Curtis Yarvin is wrong, actually

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This will appear in a few future history books as the perfect metaphor for current events....

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