Oct 02
L’ultimo editoriale di Quattroruote, di Ottobre 2024, abbandona la tradizionale prudenza nella narrativa delle scelte politiche europee. Il crollo delle vendite ha aperto gli occhi a quanti ancora tentavano di giustificare le draconiane misure di “austerità ecologica” dettate dalle politiche del Green Deal europeo. Il principale giornale automobilistico si allinea alle feroci proteste dei produttori …
Aug 13
In a recent report, ECB acknowledges sanctions on Russian goods and assets have caused the surge in inflation rates all over Europe. “The recent inflation surge in the euro area was significantly influenced by energy prices, particularly gas following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. (…) In comparison to oil price shocks, gas price …
Jun 10
Jeffrey D. Sachs’ view on the future shape of the world order, in “The Perils and Promise of the Emerging Multipolar World”, describes how regions that once lagged the West in industrialization are now making up for lost time. in his words, “The world economy is experiencing a deep process of economic convergence, according to …
Aug 24
August 24th, 2023. Today TEPCO has started releasing into the sea more than 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant. The radioactive water is expected to contaminate the Pacific Ocean first, then to progressively spread to Atlantic and all other seas in the world. The Japan Atomic …
Jun 16
The EIB’s report on the “Ukraine economic shock” brings to attention the current and future macroeconomy trend in Europe. Pessimistic forecast in all sectors and aspects of life are assigned to the war in Ukraine -though it is to say that the rallies of raw material and energy prices begun in 2021 in concomitance with …
P. Krugman N. Roubini Project Syndicate Come Don Chisciotte