Independent thinking for complex markets and current events
They don’t want to do it themselves, they want to encourage their students to do it and ruin their lives by getting arrested or worse. — Creature of Habit2 (@CreatureHabit2) November 25, 2025 Lol you can tell he'd run like a coward if things actually got hot. — Barbara Sherman (@BarbaraShe84763) November 25, 2025
This philosophical guide shows how to stay calm and find peace in a world full of bad news.
by James Hickman If you’re looking for an easy example of almost everything wrong with this government, let me introduce Exhibit A: It started almost exactly a year ago. It was January 2, 2024, and we wrote to you about a new law that had just taken effect called the Corporate Transparency Act, or the …
1. The Energy Crisis Germany’s energy woes stem from a combination of geopolitical tensions, policy decisions, and its ambitious green energy transition. For decades, Germany relied heavily on Russian natural gas, a relationship disrupted by the Ukraine conflict and resulting… pic.twitter.com/313gHtP4D1 — Logan Weaver (@LogWeaver) December 31, 2024 The "Energiewende" (energy transition) aimed to make …
The gold reserves of Italy and France have each risen in value by roughly $85bn (£65) over the last two years. Lucky them. The Italians never accepted the “end of history” ideology, the beguiling notion at the end of the Cold War that there were no longer serious enemies and that bullion had become superfluous, …
One issue I’ve recently noticed that I haven’t seen anyone else talk about is that a lot of condos have major problems when it comes to their finances and none of this is being disclosed upfront in the listing description so buyers know what they’re getting themselves into. You have to go through the motions …
