Everyone is going to be hearing more of Renan Santos (@RenanSantosMBL) this year.
The name to watch...
#Brazil
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MacroKurd
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MacroKurd
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Emerging and Submerging world. I read between the lines. * All views are strictly my own
Surrey/UAE/Koye/Port of Spain Katılım Kasım 2014
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“You cannot simultaneously have a welfare state and free immigration.”
— Milton Friedman
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@macrokurd Isn't this what basically happened the last 24 hours?
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Everyone in the real world wants the deal done and announced.
Everyone on X wants the deal to fall apart and for them to shout "I told you so!".
And soon when it's done and announced...they will switch to focusing on:
"What a terrible deal, Trump lost...I told you so!"
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We demand an explanation from the Spanish government regarding its treatment of the flotilla anarchists
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I really love how everyone who jumps on @BarakRavid’s reporting when they don’t like what he’s heard spends days talking about stories, like the tense Netanyahu-Trump call, when it fits their agenda/preferences.
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If Capital Gains Tax is to be at the same level as income tax then the capital gain needs to be inflation adjusted otherwise it becomes a tax on inflation not real asset return.
Government incentives to control inflation then adjust. They are rewarded for higher inflation.
Steven Swinford@Steven_Swinford
Wes Streeting has this morning set out his tax plans - specifically bringing capital gains tax into line with income tax He says that the current system is unfair because it penalises work Higher or additional rate taxpayers will pay 24% on gains in the current financial year. Streeting said that the rates should mirror income tax bands - so 40% for higher rate taxpayers and 45% for additional rate taxpayers He says that the approach could raise £12billion a year Streeting said: “A member of my family is a cleaner in Lancashire. She pays a higher tax rate on her salary than her landlord pays for the growing value of the home she lives in. She slogs her guts out, he puts in far less effort, yet the state rewards him more than her. And we wonder why people are angry. “The system is penalising work. It’s not fair and it’s bad for our economy. We need a wealth tax that works. A pound made from simply owning assets should not be taxed less than a pound made from a hard day's work. We can do it in a way that is pro-growth, pro-entrepreneur and pro-work.”
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For those interested in the situation in Bolivia.
Evo Morales, former President/Dictator was running a child sex trafficking ring where he raped young children himself.
He was convicted by a court and is now staging a rebellion with his paramilitary force against the state.
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UP THE GUNNERS!!!! 🔥🔥🔥
WelBeast@WelBeast
ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB ARE THE 2025/2026 ENGLISH PREMIER CHAMPIONS.
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Job vacancies fall to lowest level in five years bbc.in/4uj8ILA
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The youth unemployment rate has hit 16.2%, the highest level since 2015.
It's no great surprise to anyone with even a rudimentary understanding of economics that if you price young people out of the market by hiking the taxes on them and forcing up the minimum wage, then youth unemployment will inevitably result.
It's just rather sad that Rachel Reeves doesn't appear to have a rudimentary understanding of economics.
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Markets' biggest mistake will be falling for the allure of 'fiscal balance' while not paying enough attention to the denominator.
Mike Bird@Birdyword
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During its first years as an independent nation, Brazil had a Muslim revolt that tried to establish an Islamic State in the Northeast.
Ramin Nasibov@RaminNasibov
What historical fact sounds fake but is true?
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