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Please do a quick read of this. It’s short, well written, and will remove a bit of wool from over your eyes.

Yes, the United States has the most progressive tax system in the world. The top 1% pay 40% of taxes, the bottom 50% pay 3% of taxes. We can make it even more progressive by zeroing out taxes on the bottom half. It’s a small amount of the total tax revenue but very meaningful to people in this group.

Since mid-2025, Germany has been buying more capital goods from China than vice versa – a symbolically powerful tipping point, write @Brad_Setser and @SanderTordoir. 🇨🇳 🇩🇪 New policy brief, read here: buff.ly/2OizisL


Vlastně jsem už dlouho nevnímal u žádného politického tématu generační propast jako u sudetských Němců. Taky mě zaujalo, že část společnosti autenticky prožívá odpor k fašismu, jen ho chápou hodně rozdílně.






The China shock is worsening for Europe’s largest & most auto-centric economy. Analysts estimated China would only export 10mn cars a year by the end of the decade. But China’s 2025 fourth quarter exports, annualised, already hit that mark. @CER_EU paper: buff.ly/2OizisL
