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.@JHuitfeldt writes wisely about the train crash that has long been unavoidable: "No one should be surprised by the electoral scandals that are now unfolding in various marginalized areas – although voter turnout has indeed increased dramatically in several of them. To paraphrase Stefan Löfven: We who have had our eyes and ears open have seen this coming. Through decades of near-uncontrolled immigration and nonexistent or slight progress with integration followed by even more immigration, increasingly segregated residential areas have emerged. None of the measures that starry-eyed politicians like Mona Sahlin and Erik Ullenhag have promised would reverse the trend have actually done so. At the same time, we have set ridiculously low demands for citizenship. Who can then be surprised by what we are now seeing: that at least one party seems to have cracked the code for how this capital societal failure should be exploited and transformed into political currency." (translated)

The Left plans to nationalize private housing corporations after the election victory in Berlin to tackle the housing problem, which economists see as a risky taboo break. (translated)

Löst Vergesellschaftung das Wohnungsproblem?

While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier stated that he is ready to meet with Putin at the G20 summit in Miami to discuss ending the war, Putin rejected this proposal, while Trump stated that he does not know whether Putin will agree to a trilateral meeting with Zelensky. (translated)

WSJ: Na velikom okupljanju svjetskih čelnika moguć je spektakl stoljeća!
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Italy has just decided to build its own nuclear power plants instead of merely importing nuclear energy. Ms. Meloni calls it "a courageous and sensible choice." And the industrial nation Germany? It continues to drunkenly indulge in its own (climate-neutral) self-righteousness, heading towards economic irrelevance... (translated)

Sehr spannender Vortrag von Stanford Ökonom Chad Jones zur Frage, wie lange es dauern wird, bis KI zu großer Arbeitslosigkeit bei gleichzeitig großem Reichtum führt. Er leitet aus bisherigen Daten ab, dass dies noch Jahrzehnte fern ist https://t.co/WofGjsqppH via @YouTube #KI #Arbeitslosigkeit #Wirtschaft

Somalian issues make me furious. Sweden was one of the best countries in the world with a social safety net built on trust between us citizens. Then hordes of groups were let in who completely disregard that, and now corruption metastasizes uncontrollably throughout the body of society. (translated)

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UN chief António Guterres, in his latest speech, called on world leaders to establish two states, Israel and Palestine, and emphasized the need for global oversight of artificial intelligence, climate reforms, and an end to wars. (translated)

Šef UN-a u posljednjem govoru pozvao na stvaranje dviju država, Izraela i Palestine
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Economist Gabriele Michalitsch emphasizes in an interview that the high number of women who do not work full-time, as well as existing gender stereotypes, are significant factors for the rising unemployment of women in Austria, and discusses possible political measures to improve the situation. (translated)

Ökonomin über die Arbeitswelt: "Es ist ein großes Problem, dass so viele Frauen nicht Vollzeit arbeiten"

I am not particularly a great economist, but there are two things I can say with one hundred percent certainty: 1. Price controls do not solve scarcity problems; they worsen them. 2. Discussions about expropriation during times of an economic crisis are a really stupid idea. (translated)

A shocking report on state-sponsored euthanasia in Canada. Elderly people are becoming an economic cost factor. If the state is allowed to decide over our lives, it may also determine our end. (translated)

Die Berlin-Wahl ist auch ein Beispiel dafür, wie sehr unser Bildungssystem gescheitert ist. Die Mehrheit der jungen Leute, vor allem der jungen Frauen, ist der Meinung, dass es ökonomisch möglich ist, dass eine Wohnungsmiete in folgendem Szenario gedeckelt bleibt: > Höhere Kosten für energetische Sanierung > Höhere Steuern & Abgaben > Höhere Löhne > Höhere Zinsen > Höhere Migrationsraten Wie soll das funktionieren?! Entbehrt jeglicher Logik. #Bildungssystem #BerlinWahl #Mieten

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The Iranian military command has warned that any American attack will trigger retaliatory strikes on American bases in the region, while Iran sets conditions for the continuation of negotiations with the U.S. to end the war. (translated)

Iran: SAD planira nastaviti napade

51% der jungen Frauen in Berlin haben „Die Linke“ und 33% die Grünen gewählt. Es ist leider so, daß unser derzeitiges Bildungssystem eine Riege von völlig verblendeten, gendernden, ökonomischen und historischen weiblichen(!) Analphabeten schafft….. #Bildung #Frauenrechte #Politik

Es braucht ökonomische Bildung – als Pflichtfach. Und mehr Geschichtsunterricht. Und eine Schwaben-Charlotte-Obergrenze in Berlin. Gott, oh Gott. https://t.co/VreBITrVkK #Bildung #Wirtschaft #Geschichte

Worum es beim Benzinpreis eigentlich geht. Um Klingbeils sozialistischen Spritpreisdeckel, der ökonomisch genau so dumm ist, wie alles Andere, was in den letzten 20 Jahren von der SPD kam! https://t.co/XBjWADvIFo #Benzinpreise #SPD #Politik

"Is a dangerous experiment" - Economist assesses leftist housing madness. "The debate about the expropriation of large housing companies is met with sharp criticism: IW economist Michael Voigtländer analyzes the looming risks for the housing market in Berlin and the entire... (translated)

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During a meeting in the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin announced the conquest of Donbas, to which Jared Kushner responded by reminding that the same claim was made a year ago, indicating the dilemma faced by the Trump administration in attempts to end the war in Ukraine. (translated)

Samouvjereni Putin najavio osvajanje Donbasa. Kushner mu odgovorio jednom rečenicom

Die Regierung erhebt sechzig Prozent Steuern auf Sprit inklusive Steuern auf Steuern und gibt dann jedem die Schuld an den Preisen außer sich selbst. Linke Ökonomie in a nutshell. #Steuern #Wirtschaft #Politik

Economist Reint Gropp warns that the AfD could continue to gain support in Germany despite a possible economic upswing and calls on the federal government to accelerate its reforms instead of slowing them down. (translated)

Ökonom Reint Gropp: »Ich befürchte, dass wir noch einige Wahlsiege der AfD erleben werden«

Hard-hitting statement! +++ The internationally sought-after economist Prof. Werner addresses issues in one of the few German-language interviews. (translated)