4 Jul, 2025
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) - 1973 - by Bruce Springsteenartist, lyrics, video, Wiki-artist, Wiki-song https://youtu.be/kB1d0eey5ho?si=RAbgvSolkmtY0jHc Wikipedia: “Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July or July 4th, is a federal holiday in the United States which commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the Second...
1 Jul, 2025
Intro LO: In my view, the US$ decline was due for decades but the new US president caused its tipping point, “a point in time when a group—or many group members—rapidly and dramatically changes its behavior by widely adopting a previously rare practice.” (Wiki). Finally, we are willing to see a country busy with tax cuts for the rich while ballooning its already...
24 Jun, 2025
Intro LO: Following the recent bombings of Iran by Israel and USA (eg, Wiki-1, Wiki-2), I've been wondering whether Iran has any friends given the absence of any support (eg, China, Russia). Bloomberg came to a similar conclusion: Iran Stands Alone Against Trump and Israel, Stripped of Allies. Similarly, Israel and Turkey have few friends. The combination of...
12 Jun, 2025
Recently, I noticed two interesting articles on China, Russia, and USA: Axios, 2 June 2025: Exclusive: China's global favorability rising, views of the U.S. turn negative NYT, 9 June 2025: A secret document reveals Russian worries about China Europe is not a nation but a semi-federation of 27 independent nations (i.e. the EU-27) and does therefore not meet my...
15 May, 2025
Intro LO: This rather unbiased article, in the English version of the Spanish newspaper El Pais, addresses my first curiosity topic - Why Beijing Thinks It Can Beat Trump - as noted in my recent blog. I suppose that Barry Eichengreen is rather convincing in his El Pais opinion article below. At least, I agree with his analysis. I suppose that USA will - indeed - and...
13 May, 2025
Quite possibly, the opinion in Le Monde (see below) by French economist Thomas Piketty is wishful thinking. Nevertheless, I agree with its title: Rethinking the world without the US. In my view, Thomas Piketty uses (his) facts to promote his ideology in writing. In my view, the 2025 situation in USA has accelerated a trend that was visible decades ago: America is no...
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