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Inflation veered off course in January, failing to dip below 30% for a year

Levent Gürses January inflation was as high as expected. The topic of inflation was discussed throughout the week. Increases in wages, salaries, and monthly payments were sharply eroded starting in…

Trump follows the Emperor’s playbook

James Rickards Is Donald Trump an emperor? Of course not. Still, the more interesting question is whether Trump personally rules like an emperor, at least the “good emperors” of Roman…

How – and where – to channel our energy?

John Elkington As I have been working on an end-of-year essay, I have also been working my way through a stack of books accumulated in recent months—and through social media…

Clean energy transition in Europe: Four key challenges

Europe’s clean energy transition is a central pillar of three complementary EU policy frameworks: the Energy Union, the European Green Deal, and REPowerEU, which collectively provide governance, set ambition, and…

Who believes in low inflation, the world will fall apart warning and the price of Greenland

Levent Gürses There is no promising development for the future. With a 19 per cent increase in electricity prices expected, households rightly do not believe that inflation will fall to…

Could the courage to “stand up” sink Trump’s warships?

Osman Şenkul With the recent arrival of an aircraft carrier strike group in the Middle East, the number of US warships in the region has risen to 10. According to…

Peace: Real or just theatre?

Can Baydarol Peace is a difficult word. Everyone wants it, but it is impossible to achieve. Those who believe in it and devote themselves to it are forced to struggle…

If the poor are revolting, find out the reason why

Chris Skinner Following up on yesterday’s blog, is there a solution to the social inequality debate? Well, there are many that have been tried, but they were all fatally flawed.…

Courageous Carney vs. Demented Donald

Paul Krugman On Tuesday, Mark Carney, Canada’s Prime Minister, gave a remarkable speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. In effect, he announced, calmly and lucidly, that Canada is…

As pensioners hit rock bottom, Davos debates the “time of the beasts”

Levent Gürses The opposition’s proposal to raise pensions to 25,000 lira was rejected by Parliament, with funding issues cited as the reason. However, social security expert Prof. Dr. Aziz Çelik…