Michael McAteer (@monetarius) 's Twitter Profile
Michael McAteer

@monetarius

Questioning in the spirit of rationality and freedom the habits and tendencies of the zeitgeist. Looking through Kondratiev's lens.

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calendar_today01-12-2008 15:50:55

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Sean Speer (@sean_speer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Yet one senses that most young conservatives implicitly understand this. Their real objection isn’t actually Reagan’s tax cuts or his belief in free enterprise. What really grates them is his temperament—his happy-warrior disposition, his generous spirit, his belief that

MeidasTouch (@meidastouch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump is calling Reagan’s words in this video “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much

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Conservatives complain that government regulation has held us back. Cut to the chase — it has been in energy and the environment. The Conservative’s refusal to acknowledge the threat of global warming to our existence is political cowardice.

Michael Pettis (@michaelxpettis) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is silly. Tariffs should be used to protect strategically important industries or to retaliate against beggar-thy-neighbor trade policies. They should not be used to punish countries like Canada, who share part of the burden of absorbing global saving imbalances.

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"China is racing ahead in electrification, while the US turns its back on green energy in favour of a new era of fossil fuel machismo...." If you are in NYC tonight go check out Adam Tooze inaugural London Review of Books lecture at The New School eventbrite.co.uk/e/nyc-lecture-…

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“Hurricane Melissa is among the strongest hurricanes to have formed in the Atlantic Ocean since records have been kept, ranking as one of the most powerful storms in terms of both wind strength and pressure.” It’s because of warming oceans. cbsnews.com/news/hurricane…

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“The 2025 wildfire season may be one of the worst yet As of July 30, 2025, there have been 3,582 wildfires since the beginning of the year, covering an area of 6.26 million hectares, which is more than quadruple the 10-year average of 1.38 million hectares.” Statistics Canada.