The Perón recipe: Start with a prosperous country. Undermine its institutions, politicize the civil service, corrupt its universities, raise tariffs, and ruin its global standing. What do you get? One banana republic.

singapore pm with some of the most sensible analysis responding to us tariffs i’ve seen from a global leader.

THE ABSURDITY OF POLITICAL CLUSTERS Now the same people who are (justifiably) supporting Javier Milei's unwiding of the half a dozen decades of Peronisms that crippled Argentina (centralized around protectionism) are ALSO supporting Trump's neo-Peronism.

the Chinese Communist Party posting Reagan speeches about the importance of free trade…what a time to be alive

Authentiek leiderschap en krachtige boodschap van de premier. Jammer van de walgelijke commentaren eronder van de betaalde bots en vrijwillige leden van de vijfde colonne.

Jammer, maar geen verrassing. Integere politicus van het centrum die veel in beweging heeft gezet maar niet de energie meer had om door te zetten. Niettemin: politiek heeft meer Omtzigts nodig!

I explain today why the Single market is broken: mutual recognition is not what we think it is; harmonisation actually fragments, and the Commission is not doing its core job. If you only ever read one post, let it be this one siliconcontinent.com/p/the-myth-of-…

"Over the past 50 years, the U.S. has created, from scratch, 241 companies with a market capitalization of more than $10 billion, while Europe has created just 14. The typical company in the top 10 publicly traded U.S. firms was founded in 1985, while in Europe, it was in 1911.

we have been thinking recently about the need for something like "AI privilege"; this really accelerates the need to have the conversation. imo talking to an AI should be like talking to a lawyer or a doctor. i hope society will figure this out soon.

Now that the budget bill has passed Congress, we can see what the projections look like for deficits, government debt, and debt service expenses. In brief, the bill is expected to lead to spending of about $7 trillion a year with inflows of about $5 trillion a year, so the debt,

If Ukraine begins to resemble the corrupt, autocratic system it once sought to escape, then Western politicians will find it harder to argue that the cause is worth defending economist.com/leaders/2025/0…

It is a sad state of affairs when Europe’s prime method for extracting value from technology and innovation is through fining the non-EU tech leaders instead of through fostering and encouraging of home grown champions #google

The Nobel Peace Price candidate in some third world country is busy bolstering his case. 🤦‍♂️

In times like these, look for the unifiers, not the dividers.

Veel juridische opiniestukken waarschuwen tegenwoordig voor bedreiging van de rechtsstaat door acties van de uitvoerende macht, maar de grootste bedreiging lijkt mij uit het eigen midden te komen wanneer onverkozen rechters zich in de plaats stellen van de wetgevende macht.

One year after the Draghi report's dramatic call to action NOTHING has changed in the EU. To change what we do, we need to change dramatically how Europe operates. Our Manifesto explains the necessary reforms. constitutionofinnovation.eu

Zwitsers zijn verstandige en rationele mensen, wat zich ook vertaalt in een efficiënte overheid. Belgen laten zich ophitsen door politici die met de voeten vooruit de meest onnozele dingen blijven uitkramen. Tot een zeer efficiënte werking leidt dit alvast niet.

This is classic EU. Belgium says No to the EU’s too-clever-by-half Russian asset sequestration scheme because it fears legal risks. Wants other EU countries to share the risks. Other EU countries say No, on the grounds that it is legally too risky. So they have just vindicated

No bigger lie

What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?