From an economic perspective some of the most interesting things to have happened since the onset of the Ukraine crisis are the least reported. On February 28 the NATO Alliance froze (stole) $300Bn of Dollar denominated assets of the Russian Federation. This was a bad move for the NATO partners. Russia now, and others in […]
“We have to go with the science.”
“A pain in the arse.”
One crisis after another.
Worse hikes next week.
According to property website Daft.ie, Ireland is seeing an “unprecedented” lack of houses for sale online, with average prices increasingly sharply since last year. According to the Irish House Price Report for Q1 in 2022, nationally average house prices rose 8.4% nationally since last March, partially due to inflation. While Covid-19 initially reduced house prices, […]
With the digitalisation and globalisation of the world, we now have countless companies who have truly global power. Power which, we have just discovered, they are willing and able to deploy for explicitly political goals.
ISIS have celebrated Russia’s war in Ukraine, calling it “divine punishment” and expressing hope that the conflict will spread to other European countries. According to an editorial in ISIS magazine Al Naba (“The News”), the Russian invasion of Ukraine is “divine punishment” sent upon the European “infidels” by Allah. They say that the conflict “will […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the heavy Western sanctions leveled against his country are “akin to a declaration of war” amid his ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine have been severe, with certain Russian banks being kicked off the SWIFT financial system, and Western countries […]
Pandemic spending 4 times EU average
Ireland suffers from a cost of living crisis because fundamentally it suffers from a supply crisis:
Friendly fire.