Intuition has become a regular topic and I finally created a (new) label. The problem with intuition is that nobody knows the how, what, when, where, who orwhy. Intuition is a mystery. It's also a unknown known: we know that we don't know its source. Usually, we trust the source of such data-info. Several decades ago, I had an outside appointment that day. Suddenly,...
There’s an interesting trend happening: the sale of American treasuries by European countries, including their insurance companies and pension funds. The volume isn’t high yet but American media did notice this trend (eg, Bloomberg-2026). The above seems trivial but the devil is in the details: Any increase in sales will lower any market price, and/but a lower...
The continuous - and increasingly ridiculous - import tariff threats by the American president, makes me wonder if he already knows the forthcoming SCOTUS verdict. Losing could well explain his ridiculous threats. Winning could, however, also explain the forthcoming SCOTUS verdict. The absence of that verdict - about the legality of import tariffs - could well imply...
The US threats to American countries (eg, Canada, Latin and South America) and also to Greenland (Europe) gave rise to my new diagram. My 2026 diagram is partially based on my 2018 diagram that (only) compared Europe and USA. This 2026 diagram compares China, Europe, Russia, and USA. To be continued. DISCLAIMER: Following comments on my draft version (eg,...
Intro LO: The recent warning of Janet Yellen (b.1946), economist and former US Treasury Secretary (2021-2025), has been on my mind for quite some time. I suppose this quote is essential for any country, and especially USA: "a state with increasingly expensive obligations and a very limited appetite for taxes." (Fortune) Note LO: markings in quote by me. Most likely,...
Het bombardement van Venezuela (o.a. aanlegsteiger, boten, hoofdstad) en het kidnappen van de President betekent dat (tegenwoordig) het recht van de sterkste geldt. Ik vermoed dat dit "incident" uiteindelijk nogal verstrekkende internationale en geopolitieke consequenties zal hebben (o.a. EU, ICJ, VN). De Amerikaanse aanvallen op de Verenigde Naties en het...
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