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The Economist admits to, warns of and draws attention to Britain's 15-year economic depression, labeling it a "slow-burning crisis", "long-standing", "stagnation nation" and "a chronic disease". There are many devastating socioeconomic, geopolitical consequences. It's not just Britain, it's the world. ----EP. 260 REFERENCES---- Low economic growth is a slow-burning crisis for Britain: https://econ.st/3nObojJ Britain’s productivity problem is...

The overturning of Roe v. Wade is a historic decision, upholding the highest principle of a republic. A republic is born through freedom of association in the same manner as individuals band together to form a family, families band together to make a community, and communities band together to make a society. In an ideal situation of law-based governance, the law givers and the law abiders must be the same, as it is only then that voluntary subservience to the law...

The Federal Reserve was supposed to prevent recessions that people blamed on the lack of central banking. Not surprisingly, the post-Fed recessions have been worse. Original Article: “How Bad Were Recessions before the Fed? Not as Bad as They Are Now” With a recession looming over the average American, the group to blame is pretty obvious, this group being the central bankers at the Federal Reserve, who inflate the supply of currency in the system, that currency...

France’s last-ditch bid to persaude Switzerland to buy its Rafale fighter jet looks to have failed. Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. France offered Switzerland a financial sweetener, worth an estimated CHF3.5 billion, to buy its Rafale fighter jets rather than US F-35A aircraft, according to a secret document seen by Swiss public broadcaster SRF. The document sheds light on background negotiations as Switzerland seeks to replace its ageing...

The Swiss press has praised Foreign Minister Cassis for organising the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Lugano earlier this week. © Keystone/Alessandro Della Valle Newspaper editors in Switzerland offered praise mixed with criticism on the two-day international conference in Lugano to support war-torn Ukraine with its reconstruction efforts. The Wednesday edition of the Tages-Anzeiger and other TA Media group papers said the meeting, which ended on Tuesday, was a step...

The US labor market offers both optimistic and pessimistic data points regarding the economic outlook. Does the value of the US dollar break the tie? How do sovereign bond yields in Europe fit into the picture? ----EP. 259 REFERENCES---- RealClear Markets Essays: https://bit.ly/38tL5a7 Epoch Times Columns: https://bit.ly/39ESkRf Jeff Snider: https://www.eurodollar.university/ Steve Van Metre: http://www.portfolioshield.net/ -------THE EPISODES------- YouTube: https://bit.ly/310yisL...

Das sogenannte „Fact Sheet“ zeigt den Rahmen, den das US-Finanzministerium gerne für eine internationale Regulierung des Cryptomarktes umsetzen will. Zahlreiche andere Nationen sind offenbar bereits mit an Bord und waren an den Plänen beteiligt. Crypto News: US-Finanzministerium veröffentlicht Details zur geplanten globalen Crypto-RegulierungSelbstverständlich wird das Fact Sheet als „Schutz für Nutzer, Investoren und Konsumenten“ vermarktet, um die Akzeptanz der...

1. Human Reason Reason is man’s particular and characteristic feature. There is no need for praxeology to raise the question whether reason is a suitable tool for the cognition of ultimate and absolute truth. It deals with reason only as far as it enables man to act. All those objects which are the substratum of human sensation, perception, and observation also pass before the senses of animals. But man alone has the faculty of transforming sensuous stimuli into...

Around 10% of Swiss homes are equipped with air-conditioning systems. Istvan Balogh / Alamy Stock Photo More intense and frequent heatwaves have caused demand for air conditioning to skyrocket, even in temperate countries like Switzerland. But there is a catch: the cooler the buildings, the warmer the planet. This summer will be hotter than usual. That’s according to a forecast made by the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss) at the end of May,...

Am 27. Juni 2022 publizierte der Nachrichtendienst des Bundes (NDB) seinen Bericht “Sicherheit Schweiz 2022” (PDF). Seit ein paar Jahren wird darin ein “Lageradar” aufgeführt, der “für die Schweiz relevanten Bedrohungen” aufzeigt. Je weiter ins Zentrum ein Strahl reicht, desto relevanter ist die Bedrohung für die Schweiz durch dieses Thema. Für das Jahr 2022 hat der NDB drei “Brennpunkte” ausgemacht : Konventioneller Krieg in Europa Russland Migrationsrisiken...