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High European taxes deliver slower care and lower take-home pay in practice. US model rewards productivity and innovation with better personal finances. Europe risks falling behind if it sticks with heavy regulation and welfare focus. Europe faces energy and growth struggles while US pushes AI and deregulation. Americans don’t dream about moving to Europe to …
🇨🇳🇪🇺 China just dropped the ultimate troll on Europe. They're installing full air conditioning and fans for dogs while Brussels lectures everyone to "save the planet" and sweat it out during the heatwave. The dogs are living better than most Europeans. Writer: Sol… — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) June 28, 2026 Europe is cooked 😭 byu/technicallycorrect2 …
Iran war live: Israel orders southern Beirut evacuation; Azerbaijan hit by drones Azerbaijan warned it would respond after it said Iranian drones flew across its border and injured four people on Thursday morning. “These attacks will not remain unanswered,” the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry said in a statement. Iran War Maps: Tracking the Mideast Conflict A …
The dollar index bounces as fears of a yen bailout ease and euro cools down. via Bloomberg pic.twitter.com/07NO9OTEFf — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) January 27, 2026 Europeans are piling into US stocks: European investors now own a record $10.4 trillion in US stocks. Ownership has surged +$4.9 trillion, or +91%, over the last 3 years. Denmark, …
Compounding inflation is a global crisis: Since January 2021, the UK gas experienced the largest surge in prices among major economies, at +28.2%. The US saw cumulative inflation of +23.8%, followed by the Euro Area at +23.1% and Germany at +21.2%. France’s cumulative inflation reached +15.1%, while Japan recorded +12.4% over the same period. On …
Discover the global ranking of divorce rates across 109 countries. From nations with the lowest divorce rates to those with the highest, this video shows how marriage stability differs around the world. AC
🇺🇦"UKRAINE’S SKIES ABOUT TO BECOME LETHAL FOR RUSSIA" The United States is prepared to provide significant air and intelligence support to a European-led postwar security force in Ukraine, marking a notable shift in the Trump administration's stance on long-term commitments to… pic.twitter.com/vQVGgpLVko — WORLD AT WAR (@World_At_War_6) August 26, 2025 The United States is now …
European stocks beat US when forex counted. We are bombarded by "S&P at new highs". But it's MONEY ILLUSION. By staying in US stocks, you are getting relatively poorer. Yes, in $ terms, the S&P is up 5% YTD, but flat in foreign currencies. As a US investor, you'd be up 20% in European stocks. …
by Mike Shedlock Trump does not seem concerned about services. He should be. International Tourists Pull Back on U.S. Travel and Purchases NBC News reports International Tourists Pull Back on U.S. Travel and Purchases The combination of President Donald Trump’s trade policies and hostile rhetoric toward much of the rest of the world is creating a …
The market forecast and founder of Armstrong Economics, Martin Armstrong, joins us for an explosive, no-holds-barred conversation on the looming global recession, the hidden crises of sovereign debt, and the rise of digital currencies as tools for government control. In this eye-opening interview, Martin delivers his bold forecast for the economy through 2028, dives into …
BREAKING: Polish PM Donald Tusk speaking before flying to London for today’s Ukraine emergency summit: “500 million Europeans are asking 300 million Americans to defend them against 140 million Russians (…) Europe today lacks the belief that we are truly a global power” pic.twitter.com/TTE8CaWQnB — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) March 2, 2025
Using OECD average wages, Americans make 80% more than Europeans. The last time it was this extreme was at the turn of the century. European stocks went on to outperform through 2007, seemingly due to wage competitiveness and the EUR rebound. Whether it repeats, I don't know. pic.twitter.com/DECIDMXTEN — Jeff Weniger (@JeffWeniger) September 13, 2024 …
Europeans fighting back against migrant criminals in their town This gets wild 🔥🔥🔥 🔊 pic.twitter.com/UGDLtQ8Ltq — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) April 18, 2024
by Chris Black Who are the 10% of people who believe the Ukraine can win a war with Russia? I guess we should be celebrating – two years ago, a majority thought this was a reasonable proposition. It was always very incredible to me. I kept saying “bro, have you seen a map? Russia is …
via euronews More than half of Europeans say their budget has tightened over the past three years, according to a recent study. Rising prices have pushed almost one-third of Europeans into a “precarious” financial situation, a recent survey has found. The second European Barometer on Poverty and Precariousness examined Europeans’ ability to make purchases and …
by Chris Black Europeans just cannot stand the fact that people somewhere may be allowed to voice their opinion online. So, they passed a new law to fine internet companies that don’t do their heavy censorship on their behalf. Europeans have no sovereignty. Why even hold elections when unelected bureaucrats can enact laws that supercede …
by Chris Black An absolute banger of an essay by Dr. Ricardo Duchesne that hit home with me. Over the course of the mass banning following the 2020 election, I had come to the same conclusion of this essay: liberalism is generationally programmed into Whites as a people. As such, it is a suicide pact …
by Chris Black Countries going into an election such as the Netherlands and Spain are going to have to deal with a contentious issue that their mainstream parties would rather ignore. The same EU polling (https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/detail/2932) finds that only 31% of Europeans think the EU is going in the right direction. People do not want …