Global Warming
Last December, Nature retracted “The Economic Commitment of Climate Change,” by Kotz, Levermann, and Wenz (KLW24). The paper claimed that climate change would cost the global economy $38 trillion a year by 2049 ...
Politics
Die Regierungen in den Industrieländern greifen immer stärker in das freie Spiel von Angebot und Nachfrage ein und manipulieren die Preise. Damit bedienen sie eine wachsende Marktskepsis in der Bevölkerung.
Economy
I fear we are turning out the most confused generation, with an affliction of contradiction. Now we have Gen C, for confused. You can’t blame them; look at the Sybil-like multipersonality splits at Wellesley and most universities.
Politics
Der Schriftsteller sieht sein Land nach den Wahlen in einer blamablen Verfassung. Die Eliten würden sich gegenseitig Pfründe zuschanzen – und mit Themen wie dem Gaza-Krieg Stimmung machen.
Politics
Gerichte griffen zunehmend ins politische Geschäft ein und schränkten damit die parlamentarische Demokratie ein, sagt der Politikwissenschafter Philip Manow. Die Balance zwischen Politik und Recht stimme nicht mehr.
Deutschland
Fragt man Unternehmen nach den grössten Standortnachteilen Deutschlands, landet die Bürokratie regelmässig auf dem ersten Platz, noch vor den hohen Steuern, Lohn- und Energiekosten.
Trump
The president sees fortunes to be made in a new Middle East defined not by Sunni vs. Shiite, but by OpenAI and Grok.
U.S.A.
Imagine if Republicans gave the Trump Administration tens of billions of dollars to dole out to right-wing groups to sprinkle around to favored businesses. That’s what Democrats did in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Trump
Franklin D. Roosevelt fundamentally redefined the purpose of the federal government, setting off an era of ever-expanding Washington scope and reach. Nearly a century later, Donald Trump’s White House is taking it on itself to challenge the legitimacy of some foundations of that expansion.
U.S.A.
The vibe shift has gone from the world of the fashionistas to the world of four-star admirals by way of the tech bros and the Trump–Musk campaign. It began as a revulsion against pronouns and piercings; it is culminating in a global repudiation of the liberal international order.
U.S.A.
With a decisive electoral mandate and a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court, DOGE has a historic opportunity for structural reductions in the federal government. We are prepared for the onslaught from entrenched interests in Washington. We expect to prevail.
Economy
After the $320 million floating fiasco ran aground, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance tweeted: “The Gaza pier is a symbol of the Biden administration. A horrible idea executed terribly.” True—for almost all government projects.