Marat Markert
@maratmarkert.bsky.social
Interested in Money, Monetary Policy, Central Banks, EU Politics...and tips on how to land kickflips before I retire
Pity that this master programme 'environmental humanities' won't see the light of the day. I understand the budgetary constraints the faculty is facing (and the political context atm in NL). But it's somewhat ironic that in communicating this the language of ecology is used (duurzaamheid) 1/3
December 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Pity that this master programme 'environmental humanities' won't see the light of the day. I understand the budgetary constraints the faculty is facing (and the political context atm in NL). But it's somewhat ironic that in communicating this the language of ecology is used (duurzaamheid) 1/3
You could say the same thing about inflation: difficult to define, hence difficult to measure, and thus difficult to control.
December 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
You could say the same thing about inflation: difficult to define, hence difficult to measure, and thus difficult to control.
Treffende omschrijving
December 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Treffende omschrijving
After seeing how politicians and other elites outside the US(!) continued simping for Musk in his capacity as DOGE head, I have no hopes that politicians in Western countries would completely allow this technology to be deployed and then be happily extorted...
November 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
After seeing how politicians and other elites outside the US(!) continued simping for Musk in his capacity as DOGE head, I have no hopes that politicians in Western countries would completely allow this technology to be deployed and then be happily extorted...
Imagine you are aware that what you plan on doing might be perceived as Bond-villian-level evil and stupid and yet you want to go ahead because 🤑🤑🤑
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Imagine you are aware that what you plan on doing might be perceived as Bond-villian-level evil and stupid and yet you want to go ahead because 🤑🤑🤑
Of course, the solution is to double down on Exportism...
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Of course, the solution is to double down on Exportism...
Remember how HWS was sitting in a talkshow and recommending to Greece to temporarily leave the Euro and/or export tomatoes.
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Remember how HWS was sitting in a talkshow and recommending to Greece to temporarily leave the Euro and/or export tomatoes.
Swap Beijing for Berlin, rewind 12 years and this is - except for subsidies - pretty much your eurozone crisis aftermath discussion in the EU. Germany ran huge surpluses thx to suppressing domestic demand and a structurally undervalued Euro for Germany; surpluses recycled anywhere but Germany.
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Swap Beijing for Berlin, rewind 12 years and this is - except for subsidies - pretty much your eurozone crisis aftermath discussion in the EU. Germany ran huge surpluses thx to suppressing domestic demand and a structurally undervalued Euro for Germany; surpluses recycled anywhere but Germany.
VVD milieu beleid
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
VVD milieu beleid
Innovation in fintech is mainly finding euphemisms for describing undesirable financial situations.
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Innovation in fintech is mainly finding euphemisms for describing undesirable financial situations.
Anybody checked on Mark Rutte?
He was right that we would get an outcome (on defense) with trump we could never get with Obama and Merkel...but I'm not sure it's the outcome his audience at Leiden Uni had in mind.
www.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2025/...
He was right that we would get an outcome (on defense) with trump we could never get with Obama and Merkel...but I'm not sure it's the outcome his audience at Leiden Uni had in mind.
www.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2025/...
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Anybody checked on Mark Rutte?
He was right that we would get an outcome (on defense) with trump we could never get with Obama and Merkel...but I'm not sure it's the outcome his audience at Leiden Uni had in mind.
www.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2025/...
He was right that we would get an outcome (on defense) with trump we could never get with Obama and Merkel...but I'm not sure it's the outcome his audience at Leiden Uni had in mind.
www.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2025/...
The parallels to the GFC are eerie, just everything more amplified: opaque funding with little chance for investors to redeem, with assets (GPUs) supposedly backing all of this that depreciate too fast to service debt/make investors whole.
November 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The parallels to the GFC are eerie, just everything more amplified: opaque funding with little chance for investors to redeem, with assets (GPUs) supposedly backing all of this that depreciate too fast to service debt/make investors whole.
If you wanted to know if Klarna is engaging in factoring, here is what Google AI would tell you (question was does Klarna engage in factoring (left) and does Klarna buy invoice from merchant at a discount (middle)?). And screenshot on the right is what its CEO says in an interview.
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
If you wanted to know if Klarna is engaging in factoring, here is what Google AI would tell you (question was does Klarna engage in factoring (left) and does Klarna buy invoice from merchant at a discount (middle)?). And screenshot on the right is what its CEO says in an interview.
🔖 this sounds like an interesting read, but there seems to be definitely a crisis in publishing pricing
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🔖 this sounds like an interesting read, but there seems to be definitely a crisis in publishing pricing
Setting the stage for "we were all in this together so no one is to blame" when the bubble bursts.
November 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Setting the stage for "we were all in this together so no one is to blame" when the bubble bursts.
Vrijheid en eigen verantwoordelijkheid is als je zetels wint en op basis daarvan subsidie krijgt van de overheid? Duidelijk.
November 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Vrijheid en eigen verantwoordelijkheid is als je zetels wint en op basis daarvan subsidie krijgt van de overheid? Duidelijk.
Klaver trying to win over VVD by recycling their campaign slogans from. 2017...
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Klaver trying to win over VVD by recycling their campaign slogans from. 2017...
Hoe stellen zich mensen zo'n interne evaluatie bij deze een-mans partij voor? Een minuutje interne monoloog??
November 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Hoe stellen zich mensen zo'n interne evaluatie bij deze een-mans partij voor? Een minuutje interne monoloog??
(I should probably read the full paper before commenting...)
November 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
(I should probably read the full paper before commenting...)
great visualizations, will come in handy for "fdi-led growth models" class. Didn't know this about HK-China, but I think the connections between US and Ireland, NL and LUX respectively are also inflated (as this is also mainly profit-shifting).
November 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
great visualizations, will come in handy for "fdi-led growth models" class. Didn't know this about HK-China, but I think the connections between US and Ireland, NL and LUX respectively are also inflated (as this is also mainly profit-shifting).
How you should treat reference letters when you want to make it to the top:
November 1, 2025 at 7:17 AM
How you should treat reference letters when you want to make it to the top:
Reading Mazower's "the Greek revolution" my internal reading voice sometimes switches from dispassionate to the narrator voice of Arrested Development, thanks to gems like this.
I can really picture the "po-po" part 😆
I can really picture the "po-po" part 😆
November 1, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Reading Mazower's "the Greek revolution" my internal reading voice sometimes switches from dispassionate to the narrator voice of Arrested Development, thanks to gems like this.
I can really picture the "po-po" part 😆
I can really picture the "po-po" part 😆
❌"greetings stranger, I'm the granddaughter of late prime minister of XXX living in exile. Can you send me some 💵? I'll pay u back once I get access to my grandpa's funds"
✅ "Greetings Blackrock, I have invoices from BelgaCom, can you send me 100 million dollars? belgacomics is going to pay u back"
✅ "Greetings Blackrock, I have invoices from BelgaCom, can you send me 100 million dollars? belgacomics is going to pay u back"
October 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
❌"greetings stranger, I'm the granddaughter of late prime minister of XXX living in exile. Can you send me some 💵? I'll pay u back once I get access to my grandpa's funds"
✅ "Greetings Blackrock, I have invoices from BelgaCom, can you send me 100 million dollars? belgacomics is going to pay u back"
✅ "Greetings Blackrock, I have invoices from BelgaCom, can you send me 100 million dollars? belgacomics is going to pay u back"
Screenshot with meme potential for the upcoming sequel to the "does NL need an electoral threshold" discussion
October 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Screenshot with meme potential for the upcoming sequel to the "does NL need an electoral threshold" discussion