The new world order, explained

The president of the United States recently shared this photoshopped image on social media, showing NATO leaders a map where the US has taken control of Venezuela, but more shockingly, territory from loyal NATO allies that helped the US fight several wars in the past decades: Denmark and Canada. To... [Read More]

Why pop culture is so boring now (according to economic science)

Ok, it’s official. 2025 was the year creativity ‘seemingly’ died. The best selling movies -like Zootopia 2, Jurasic World, and Mission Impossible 8- were all sequels, OR they were remasters like Lilo & Stich and How to train your dragon. Similarly, the best selling video games: -Battlefield 6, Borderlands 4,... [Read More]

The 5 megatrends that will dominate 2026

2025 was dominated by Trump and his tariffs. And, 2026.. well that will be the year that China will DOMINATE the global economy, more and more governments will hit a debt limit, the A.I. bubble will NOT pop and China will blockade Taiwan. Hey, I’m Joeri, I have a PhD... [Read More]

How the West could break the Chinese mineral monopoly

China has weaponized it critical minerals monopoly on which the entire Western industrial base depends. According to European Council of Foreign relations expert dr. Tobias Gherke, this dependency is even worse than Europe’s 2021 dependence on Russian gas, which led to a massive energy crisis in 2022. So, if China... [Read More]