
The U.S. Economy a Year Before the Election, Part II
The doom-and-gloom pundits are wrong. The U.S. economy is in good shape, but there are three dark clouds lurking on the horizon.

The doom-and-gloom pundits are wrong. The U.S. economy is in good shape, but there are three dark clouds lurking on the horizon.

Europe’s banks are in credit-crunch mode. The ECB’s decision to keep interest rates unchanged is meant to help, but it also raises the white flag on inflation.

A year from the 2024 election, commentators battle each other over the state of the U.S. economy. We go beyond the punditry. We have the facts.

There is little to celebrate for the Tory leader.

More than three decades after the end of the communist GDR, the successor to the former state party is being ripped apart by internal divisions.

The proposed EU corporate profits tax will either become a power tool against recalcitrant member states or the most unpredictable cost item in any corporation’s finances.

Europe will be facing a recession. The question is whether or not rising unemployment will come with higher or lower inflation rates—and monetary conservatism or monetary expansion.

At home, Biden is unpopular, assailed by legal difficulties, and widely regarded as too physically and mentally incompetent to do his job.

Reactions to the Hamas massacre show that we too have to fight for our democratic civilisation

The EU wants to levy its own taxes. Here is why that is a bad idea.
Despite clear and unwavering opposition to socialism, the conservative movement remains reluctant to dip its toes into the debate over the welfare state, the foremost vehicle for socialist policies in democratic countries.
Heating, lighting, and electricity come and go in Transcarpathia, plunged into uncertainty and darkness as a result of the war in Ukraine. However, the Ukrainian community that lives on the other side of the Hungarian border struggles to live on.
The best way to understand the thought leadership behind Hungary’s economic success is to examine the 2016 tax reform, which created perhaps the simplest and most ingenious small-business tax in the world.
The ethical struggle is clouded by an institutional issue: according to the treaty on the functioning of the European Union, measures concerning the family are not the responsibility of Europe. Each state is supposed to decide sovereignly in this matter.
A year out from a general election in Spain and the political vitriol is running high.
Health care systems with a high degree of government funding were ill-prepared for the pandemic; systems with a higher degree of private and semi-private funding had a much better capacity to respond.
Although some countries have recovered, overall economic activity has been disappointing. To make matters worse, a closer look at capital formation—a.k.a., business investments—and consumer spending suggest that a recession is in fact just around the corner.
Greenpeace openly supports the ‘climate actions,’ pays the lawyers’ bills, and provides space, materials, and know-how. Direct funding comes from the US-based Climate Emergency Fund (CEF), which has already spent $5 million this year.
Retailleau clearly distinguished himself from his colleague Ciotti in this matter of ‘image maintenance’ and political correctness, declaring: “I have never fallen for the Left’s moral lessons.”
Whichever candidates Trump will face in the 2024 presidential primary elections, they will be tough contenders. Running for president is not for the faint of heart.
Some forecasters believe that inflation will persist for an extended period of time. I disagree, and if the signs of an inflation peak are as strong as I believe they are, then Europe could be out of this inflation episode before next summer.
Les Républicains are caught in a dangerous trap, between Macronism and the Rassemblement National, which has established itself as the leading parliamentary group on the Right.