In 2024, global inflation finally came back to down earth, without crashing the global economy, but with plenty of major disruptions that will guarantee that 2025 will be an eventful year for the global economy. But, what exactly can we expect? From the return of trade wars, potential austerity, and... [Read More]

Israel has been fighting not one, not two, but three expensive wars. It was spurring thousands of reservists into the military, shutting out Palestinian construction workers, evacuating thousands from the country’s north, and this combined with huge drops in foreign investment and tourism Israel was already putting a massive strain... [Read More]

Germany’s government recently collapsed, over a radical economic rule —the debt brake— which states that, essentially, Germany’s government should, on average, never spend more than it earns. This is extremely unusual. No other major government in the world has limited itself in such a way. In fact, most economists around... [Read More]

If you listen to the news, one thing is certain, Germany’s economy is going down the drain. And, yet, here you are about to listen to an economist on YouTube telling you: don’t worry about Germany’s economy. It’s going to be just fine… and may arguably even have a very... [Read More]

Donald Trump is back at the helm of the world’s largest and most important economy. An economy that is the main export market for the world’s biggest economies, and, crucially an economy that produces the world’s reserve currency, the mighty U.S. Dollar. So far, the Dollar has jumped, while currencies... [Read More]