Chinese Competitors Are Closing In On Amazon
Chinese Competitors Are Closing In On Amazon The e-commerce leader in Europe is Amazon – but Chinese ventures into international e-commerce, for example AliExpress or more recently Temu, have made inroads. The following infographic, via Statista’s Anna Fleck, looks specifically at the example of the Chinese company Pinduoduo, drawing from ecommmerceDB figures. You will find more infographics at Statista […]
Vance Becomes Face Of ‘New Right’
Vance Becomes Face Of ‘New Right’ Authored by Philip Wegmann & Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, Republicans have nominated a hillbilly for vice president. This, by his own admission. Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance is the author of “Hillbilly Elegy,” a New York Times bestseller. He is also a United States Marine who graduated from Ohio State […]
David Sacks Torches Biden For Provoking Ukraine “Forever” War
David Sacks Torches Biden For Provoking Ukraine “Forever” War Two days after the assassination attempt against Donald Trump, Venture Capitalist David Sacks gave an impassioned speech in front of the former president at the Republican National Convention – where he slammed Democrats for their disastrous policies which have led to chaos and decay both domestically […]
Energy: The Foundation Of Modern Economies
Energy: The Foundation Of Modern Economies Authored by Danny Ervin via RealClearEnergy, I am generally pessimistic about the future of the U.S. due to recent energy policies at the federal and state levels that favor “green” energy technologies, primarily solar and wind. These policies often distort the economics of power production, leading to a massive […]
Rand Paul Urges Biden To “Tone Down” Political Rhetoric
Rand Paul Urges Biden To “Tone Down” Political Rhetoric Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity,news, In the wake of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, GOP Senator Rand Paul has called for Joe Biden to “tone down” his language. “People say ‘oh, we need to have unity and the rhetoric needs to be toned down.’ […]
The Weimar Inflation Revisited
The Weimar Inflation Revisited Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Lots of thinking these days about Rome and its fall. Maybe we should be thinking about Weimar and the inflation that wrecked Europe. A communist speaker addresses a large crowd in Berlin to protest about the unemployment situation in Germany, […]
Ukraine Demands 25 Patriot Batteries & More F-16s From Its Allies
Ukraine Demands 25 Patriot Batteries & More F-16s From Its Allies Authored by Denes Albert via ReMix News, According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, his country needs more missiles and fighter planes than promised to defend its airspace. “In order to ensure the full protection of Ukraine, in the opinion of our soldiers, we need 25 Patriot […]
Global Wealth Growth Has Cooled
Global Wealth Growth Has Cooled Global wealth growth has slowed in the past decade compared to the one before, according to the UBS Global Wealth Report 2024, published today. Where the average annual growth was 7 percent between 2000 and 2010, it cooled to just over 4.5 percent between 2010 and 2023. As Statista’s Anna Fleck […]
German Govt Launches Massive Crackdown On (Right Wing) Press Freedom
German Govt Launches Massive Crackdown On (Right Wing) Press Freedom Via Remix News, In what may be the most aggressive move against press freedom since the Second World War, Germany has banned Compact Magazine and had over 200 police officers raid the office and home of the publisher, Jürgen Elsässer, along with the homes of other employees […]
The Hope For National Unity In The Shadow Of A Failing State
The Hope For National Unity In The Shadow Of A Failing State Authored by Tho Bishop via The Mises Institute, For the second time in three weeks, a political event actually mattered. The attempted assassination of Donald Trump, evaded only by a short turn of the head, has created a rare moment of national reflection […]