A fragile ceasefire, who is the winner of the war, and $1.2 billion for motorways and hospitals
Levent Gürses A ceasefire was declared 40 days after the war launched by US-Israeli aggression against Iran on 28 February. In fact, a ceasefire was declared, but the war is…
Whilst our neighbour supports farmers, we are heading for the top spot in food inflation
Osman Şenkul In the 7th century BC, just as Crete was a centre of civilisation among the two major islands south of the Aegean Sea, Rhodes was the main stronghold…
Where did money come from?
Chris Skinner It’s quite strange when you think about money as a lot of money has disappeared or been recreated over the years. 250 years ago, there was no US…
J Doyne Farmer: Economics has failed on the climate crisis
It’s a mind-blowing idea: an economic model of the world in which every company is individually represented, making realistic decisions that change as the economy changes. From this astonishing complexity…
We are heading towards stagflation; hunger is just around the corner; even if the war ends, the shock will continue…
Levent Gürses The economic crisis that has persisted since 2018, the lockdowns and economic standstill experienced during the pandemic, the hardships brought about by the war in Ukraine, and now…
Trump wants to weaken China and Europe; his only supporters are American billionaires
Osman Şenkul US customs duties, which stood at $79 billion in 2024, rose by 234 per cent to $264 billion in 2025, the year Donald Trump took office for a…
Playing the fool in business and markets
John Elkington The power of the Fool and Jester—even sometimes of the Trickster—was about licensed transgression, a formally sanctioned role that could say the unsayable precisely because it arrived wrapped…
Inflation and interest rate forecasts are being revised upwards due to the impact of the war
Levent Gürses The war in Iran has begun to disrupt the delicate balance of the Turkish economy. In a process that began with fuel price rises, the acceleration of price…
Free climbing
Can Baydarol The US-Israel offensive against Iran has now entered its fourth week. No one—not even those who started the conflict or intend to continue it—has any clear idea when…