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Latest — 08 Mar 2026

A Humbling Experience

This piece was not supposed to be about AI I was reading through the recent news and geopolitical shocks and got curious to understand Iran’s history a bit better. Persia was once one of Greece’s fiercest opponents, at times an actual existential threat, and that is part of

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Everyone’s Competing, Nobody’s Cheaper: The Marketplace Illusion

A free market is a machine that turns private ambition into public comfort, as long as competition stays real and entry stays open In the clean textbook version, firms do not keep extra profit for themselves over time, the market invites new entrants until economic profit is pushed down to

Η Τιμωρία της Συνέπειας: Από την Υπερφορολόγηση στην Πιστωτική Πρόσβαση

Πώς η κρίση του 2010–2013 μετέφερε κρατικό ρίσκο σε ιδιωτικές επιχειρήσεις, πώς η υπερφορολόγηση τιμώρησε τους συνεπείς, και πώς το νέο πλέγμα μητρώων συνδέει ιδιωτικό χρέος, οφειλές προς το Δημόσιο και τραπεζικό underwriting. 1️⃣Η αρχική αμαρτία: όταν το κράτος έγινε «πελάτης» που δεν πληρώνει, και ο προμηθευτής έγινε

Η συμφωνία, το τρακτέρ και ο αλγόριθμος

Πώς η ΕΕ–Mercosur βρίσκει την ελληνική ύπαιθρο την ώρα που η γεωργία περνάει στην εποχή της τεχνητής νοημοσύνης Πρόλογος Τον είδα για λίγα δευτερόλεπτα στην τηλεόραση. Είπε: «εμείς οι νέοι αγρότες, να μείνουμε ή να φύγουμε; Τι μας συμβουλεύει ο πρωθυπουργός;»

Europe’s Geopolitical Trade Power Play, A Stress Test for Regional Jobs

EU–Mercosur may read like a technical trade deal, but it really tests whether Europe’s regions have the readiness to turn new competition into upgrading rather than local job anxiety. EN ΕΛ Επιλέξτε ΕΛ για να δείτε την ελληνική μετάφραση Ελληνική μετάφραση [Η αγγλική έκδοση παραμένει στο κύριο σώμα

Europe's 'hollowing-out' moment

Did you know? Venezuela’s oil became a geopolitical “payment rail”

In the last decade, Venezuela’s state oil system (PDVSA) has been operating through multiple, distinct channels that moved value outward: oil-backed debt repayment, prepayments linked to future supply, subsidized shipments, swap contracts for diluents and fuels, and sanctions-era routing via gold and new intermediaries. (Reuters) 1️⃣China: oil-backed lending

When the Watchdog Lost Line-of-Sight

A story about the Fourth Estate, the feed, and the new architecture of persuasion. I remember the old habit of choice as something physical. A newspaper had weight. A TV channel had a number. Even the act of turning a page or switching a remote carried a small democratic meaning:

Imports matter more than exports. Right?

Prologue I remember my first trade class in Paris. Not the city—though the coincidence felt like a public joke at the time—but a lecture hall with chalk dust in the light and a professor who spoke the way people speak when they intend to rearrange your furniture. She

There’s more debt than money in the world

Debt is referenced as the stock of credit contracts (loans + bonds outstanding). Money (M2) is referenced as the stock of spendable settlement balances (currency + deposits) - “Global M2” here is a USD broad-money proxy, not “all money/wealth” or all financial assets. The “gap” shows that the world runs on