Peter Lōhmus 🌻🇪🇪🇺🇦

This helps to place things into perspective. Thanks, #Cassini

Russia's main TV channel is airing songs about how great life is without the internet. Getting even closer to North Korea.

@Madis321 @viljararakas On ka õnneks teisi näiteid, aga muidu nõus - selleks peab palju “riigimehelikkust” olema (“riiginaiselikkust” muidugi ka :)

@viljararakas @LohmuseP Poliitilise hüperboolse diskonteerimise mudelid näitavad, et valija kaldub alati koheste hüvede poole. Walesis loodi "tulevaste põlvede voliniku" institutsioon kelle roll on survestada seadusandjat arvestama koheste hüvede jagamisel nende pikaajaliste kulude ja tagajärgedega.

Kirjutasime ⁦@LohmuseP⁩ kahasse lühikokkuvõtte eelmisel nädalal toimunud riigirahanduse seminarist. Põhjamaade näited on meie jaoks väga olulised. err.ee/1609973196/ara…

@IlvesToomas Admiral Horty :)

It's a landlocked country.

@P1Ramas Nenustebčiau, jei jie taip elgtųsi, turėdami tokį gyvenimą ;)

@LohmuseP lietuviai daugiau išgeria spirito už estus.😅

Esimesed tunnid Vilniuses. Sõit lennujaamast linna. Chisinau näeb ka parem välja. Öelge palun, mis otsast on Leedu Eestist ette jõudmas???

@JuriKarotom Ma pakun, et Pyongyang numbrid on veelgi petlikumad. Nii et oluline on mõlemad kokku panna. (ma usun, et ka amatööri pilk tabaks Pyongyangis nii midagi, mis valesti on).

@LohmuseP Phengjang näeb ilus välja, aga ekönoomikaga on asi alati numbrites, mitte väljanägemises..

Ikka kurb lugu, kui eksperdid räägivad “euribori tõstmisest” Euroopa keskpanga poolt. Ja muidu ka. #impulss

@Weisse_Engel See in veidi rohkem kui see. Ma pole paari tunni jooksul näinud ühtegi renoveeritud korterelamut. Ja palju muud.

@LohmuseP Sellist "majandusanalüüsi" vihkan kõige rohkem: "Nägin kesklinnas kaht Lamborghinit ja üht Porschet, järelikult läheb kõigil väga hästi" ja "Läksin kaubanduskeskusesse riideaurutajat ostma ja nägin, et parkla oli autosid täis, järelikult jutud kehvast majandusest ei vasta tõele".

@andrus_kuusik Ma olen momendil 1 km kesklinnast. Ma ei näe ühtegi renoveeritud korterelamut. Lasnamäe on paradiis (sôidan iga päev läbi).

@LohmuseP Jõuad kesklinna, läheb paremaks 😃 Meil on ka Lasnamäe päris kole, eriti kui lennuk sealt poolt maandub, erilist emotsiooni kahjuks ei teki.

Oi ma ei või… 😂 telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/0…

Brisbane. Skandeeritakse: Trump is great!

@steve_hanke Two “professors” whom I respected a few decades ago, but who have become apologists for a bloody dictator Putin, in one tweet. So sad, @steve_hanke and Jeff Sachs.

Distinguished Columbia Prof. Jeff Sachs on the US strikes on Iran: "The US Congress is owned and operated by the Zionist lobby. That's not an exaggeration. That's just a literal fact."

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Kui USA ülikoolide kossu jälgite, siis Veesaare klubi sai eile hakkama crazy mänguga, võites viimasel sek-l ühte tugevamat meeskonda ning oma igipõlist rivaali, Duke’i. Viigikorvi (kolmese) sopsas Veesaar. Kusjuures #UNC ei juhtinud enne seda kordagi. facebook.com/share/v/1aCq6A…

@moorehn @MaMoMVPY ChatGPT tells me that European investors account for roughly 39 % of all foreign-held U.S. Treasuries (≈ 3.64 / 9.3 trillion). +\- but still a fairly significant amount. This is what the post meant (not FDI).

@MaMoMVPY Your thesis is incorrect in several ways: Americans are not willing participants in the folly of our leaders. And Europe does not "fund" our economy in any significant way. European investment in the US is relatively small because the nations of Europe are relatively small.

The problem isn't Trump. The problem is the US. When the outside world observes Trump's insane behaviour and his threats against allies, and we at the same time observe that there is no real action from the US public, Congress, the US Supreme Court, or the US media about this insanity, we will all have to conclude that the US accepts this behaviour. The public in the US think the US is entitled to a certain position in the world where there is no room for decent behaviour and where there are no norms and rules. That means that we all have to conclude that the US — not only Trump — has betrayed the international order that the US, with its Western partners, were the main architects of after the Second World War. This is the conclusion that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney so clearly laid out in his speech at Davos yesterday. We simply cannot trust the US to play by the rules any more. Therefore, we also fundamentally have to ask ourselves — should we trust the financial and economic structure which is an integral part of the global rules-based order? Americans live in the illusion that the US can do everything on its own, despite the fact that the US for nearly 20 years has lived beyond its means. US private and government consumption has been funded by, among others, European central banks and pension funds. But we now have to ask ourselves — why would we trade in dollars? Why would we put our savings into US Treasury bonds? If the US is not a rules-based society, we cannot trust the dollar to be a stable currency, and it would be insane to hold dollars. As domestic US institutions are eroded and governance structures destroyed, the US will be turned into an emerging market economy — or more accurately, a de-merging economy. If the US threatens the territory of allies, then the US acts as an authoritarian bully nation. Nobody in their right mind would lend money to the US government. If the US doesn't live up to its international obligations and respect the sovereignty of other nations, why would we expect the US government to honour its debts? If Trump can tariff nations that will not give up their territory, then there is certainly no reason to believe that the US will not introduce capital controls. And if that is a risk, why would you risk investing in the US? It is not a question about Europe standing up to the US. It is a question about being prudent with our investments — about reducing risks. Every day Trump remains in office, distrust of the US increases, and the cost for the US will go up day by day. And this is irreversible. It takes years to build trust, but you can destroy it by your actions in minutes. Europe has now completely lost trust in the US. And so has Canada. It is up to the people of the US to demonstrate that Trump is an 'outlier', and it is up to the American people to stop him. If you don't do that, we will have to assume that this is what the US is about — whether the name of the President is Trump or something else, whether the President is a Republican or a Democrat.

@JayinKyiv @GOP So he needs Greenland to protect the West against China and Russia who at the same time are the biggest allies? Very confused.

Trump says NATO is the real enemy, NOT Russia and China. Lights out, @GOP , you did it to yourselves.

Lugu, kuidas autorentijad on kahjustuste hindamiseks võtmas kasutusele AI (enne ja pärast rentimist) ja kuidas AI apsudest on tekkinud suuri probleeme. Lisaks on ka klienditeenindus suuresti AI-le antud, mistõttu nende lahendamine sageli üüratult raske. thepointsguy.com/travel/rental-…

@dmitrijegorov Just. 37% - küll laega (kokku umbes $1800), aga siiski. Mind pani imestama, et ka sellise maksumääraga ei peeta Singapuri sotsiaalselt turvavõrku tugevaks. Selgus, et inimesed saavad oma arvetelt lihtsalt raha võtta (tervis, kinnisvara jm).

@LohmuseP Ahjaa. Sotsmaks (kohustuslik sissemakse heaolufondi) olla ka vist 36%.

Tervitused Singapurist, kus autoostu litsents 10 aastaks maksab momendi kursiga umbes €85,000. (väikeauto). Tulid meelde 90ndad, kus paljud tahtsid, et Eesti oleks “nagu Singapur.”