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Nicolas Véron is a French economist. He is a senior fellow at Bruegel in Brussels, which he co-founded in 2002–05,… more

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Israel sent back Greta Thunberg’s luggage scrawled with “Whore Greta”, an Israeli flag, and a penis.
Red suitcase scrawled with graffiti
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1995 zealots: the internet will revolutionize society and make everything great
1995 skeptics: the internet is crap and will change nothing
Reality: the internet revolutionized society and made everything crap

2025 zealots: AI will revolutionize society and make everything great
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Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"
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by Iikka Korhonen — Reposted by Nicolas Véron, Iikka Korhonen

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Per capita GDP in 2025 purchasing-power USD (IMF)

Australia 71430
Finland 66512
France 66061
Canada 65500
Cyprus 65304
Korea 65080
European Union 64870
United Kingdom 63759
Italy 63126
Czechia 59853
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IMF: Nominal GDP 2025,
$ bn

🇺🇸30616
🇪🇺21097
🇨🇳19399
🇩🇪5014
🇯🇵4280
🇮🇳4125
🇬🇧3959
🇫🇷3362
🇮🇹2544
🇷🇺2541
🇨🇦2284
🇧🇷2257
🇪🇸1891
🇲🇽1863
🇰🇷1859
🇦🇺1830
🇹🇷1565
🇮🇩1443
🇳🇱1321
🇸🇦1269
🇵🇱1040
🇨🇭1003
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The face of Russia’s war — silence after destruction.

A turret from a Russian T-72B3 lies in the mud, torn from its tank. What was once meant to bring death now looks back like a skull — hollow, empty, defeated.👇
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Charles Lichfield and I explain our understanding of the reparations loan setup here. It’s a brilliant way to square the Russian assets circle.
bruegel.org
Bruegel @bruegel.org · 1d
🏦 An EU reparations loan is the right way to help #Ukraine

💶 Can the full amount of immobilised Russian sovereign assets be offered to Ukraine, without confiscating the money outright?

🖊️ @veron.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/EOk6aRN
#EconSky
An EU reparations loan is the right way to help Ukraine
European Union countries should agree to back a clever workaround that would leave Russia’s assets untouched but leverage them to support Ukraine
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🏦 An EU reparations loan is the right way to help #Ukraine

💶 Can the full amount of immobilised Russian sovereign assets be offered to Ukraine, without confiscating the money outright?

🖊️ @veron.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/EOk6aRN
#EconSky
An EU reparations loan is the right way to help Ukraine
European Union countries should agree to back a clever workaround that would leave Russia’s assets untouched but leverage them to support Ukraine
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Scott Bessent accuses Beijing of trying to damage global economy on.ft.com/48YsJPN
Scott Bessent accuses Beijing of trying to damage global economy
US Treasury secretary says China’s restrictions on critical mineral will hurt their own international standing
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Perhaps instead of Columbus Day we can celebrate Columbian Exchange Day where we celebrate the food pairings that had never been possible before, peppers and onions, chocolate and coffee, basil and tomatoes.
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Congratulations to everyone who survived WWIII
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sector racked up losses of Rbs225bn ($2.8bn) in the first seven months of the year, according to Russia’s state statistics agency, double 2024’s total, when it was the country’s worst performing industry. In 2023, the sector generated profits of nearly Rbs375bn ($4.6bn).
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Russia’s coal miners buckle under sanctions, weak prices and war
Sector’s worst crisis in 30 years underscores how some industries risk lasting damage from Ukraine invasion
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The issue in France and Italy in one graph.
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I remember sitting in a room listening to Scholz advisor Wolfgang Schmidt blather that Germany couldn’t possibly send Ukraine tanks because there’d be German iron crosses painted on them and then Russia would say Germany was at war with Russia.
We’ve come a long way.
We can and must go further. 🇺🇦🇩🇪💪
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by Nicolas Véron — Reposted by Francesco Nicoli

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Also rotating Lincoln Memorial www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Arc de Trump? New monument model sits on US president's desk
US President Donald Trump is no stranger to ambitious construction projects but could he be eyeing one of his biggest yet? But the "Donald Trump for President" Facebook page, which has more than six m...
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Why the American flag?
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by Christian Odendahl — Reposted by Nicolas Véron, Iikka Korhonen

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I am not a #Merkel fan (as many of you know), but the headlines following her interview with Partizan are complete nonsense.

She does not blame Poland or the Baltics at all.
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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 10d
We do not hate merkel enough
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Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government....

On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames

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House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze
Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.
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Apple removes ICE tracking apps after pressure by Trump administration reut.rs/4mIfztt
Apple removes ICE tracking apps after pressure by Trump administration
Apple said on Thursday that it had removed ICEBlock, the most popular ICE-tracking app, and other similar apps from its App Store after it was contacted by President Donald Trump's administration.
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GDU Figure of the Week

After 2022 Ukraine often relied on electricity imports.

But this summer, Ukraine, once again became a structural exporter. And last month, Ukraine's exports even exceeded pre-invasion levels.

www.linkedin.com/posts/green-...
thx to R.Stubbe
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by Nicolas Véron

veron.bsky.social
A memorable, sobering read.
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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14d
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
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on.ft.com/42b1CwY Economists favour Christopher Waller to head Fed but doubt he will get the job
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The AfD qualified for three mayoral run-offs in cities in North Rhine-Westphalia today, and lost all by big margins. The lesson is not that we have overdone the AfD's rise, but that we do perhaps sometimes underestimate the counter-mobilisation effects - including in east Germany, incidentally.
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79. American citizen.
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