Holding companies are aggressively trying too sell off their office towers. They may need to be torn down. thestar.com/real-estate/of…

Nobody has better data on trade patterns than The Palau Ship Registry. PalauShipRegistry palaureg.com/news-and-press…

There is a lot of talk about how opening the Northwest passage through Canada will revolutionize trade with China and Japan. The map shows that the route hugging the Russian coast is rather similar and could be free of ice during summer.

Exporting grain from Ukraine should be a global target. Ukraine a seized a Cameroon-flagged ship taking grain from Crimea up the Danube River. reuters.com/world/europe/u…

According to Supply Chain Dive many port workers are being locked out in British Columbia supplychaindive.com/news/british-c…

The Oriental countries have had very modest growth since 1990. The Arab countries and Afghanistan have had rapid growth. #depopulation

In Canada EY Canada is writing many white papers about #Slowbilozation ey.com/en_ca

Debt is becoming increasingly important in a world of slowbilization. Debt is becoming a bigger part of each nation's expenditures.

yikes!

Academic Ivan Murin reveals that many Slovakian towns are emptying out. Trade with Slovakia is declining sharply. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Africa does not require saving. It needs less paternalism, less complacency and corruption—and more capitalism econ.st/3Ptcxex

Slowbilization needs to get reversed. Otherwise I wasted $7 on this groovy baseball cap. Western Canada needs to happen!

The Ukraine War is reaching a new phase. Ukraine will be likely be relying on more European built armaments during 2025 and 2026.

Reid Hoffman is right. American aircraft carriers are being built for the wrong reasons. youtube.com/shorts/9Sp_Szl…

From University of Guelph #EvanFraser indicates that more can be done to avert a collapse of the modern food chain. news.uoguelph.ca/2024/07/commen

Online Ian McFarland indicates the periods of globalization and slowbilization with a coloured graph. imf.org/en/Blogs/Artic…

Jory Cohen is director of finance and impact investment at Inspirit Foundation, a nonprofit that advances racial, social and economic justice through impact investing and funding media and arts for change. He says DEI is still very profitable. thestar.com/business/opini…

China has seen a huge shift in economic activity with exports as a pct of GDP dramatically dropping. weforum.org/stories/2024/0…

Warren Buffett has presided over a high growth era. The future may prove to be totally different. Today he announced that he will step down at the end of the year. cbc.ca/news/world/war…

Peter Zeihan Peter Zeihan says New Zealand will have no problem adjusting to new tariffs. youtube.com/watch?v=6iwaro…