Jan Fichtner
@janfichtner.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow SuFi Project @UniWH & @UvACorpnet | Global finance, age of passive investing, index providers, ESG, sustainable finance, greenwashing, decarbonization | www.jfichtner.net
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Jan Fichtner
@janfichtner.bsky.social
· Oct 30
🚨New publication with Kristijan Kotarski:
Enduring Structural Power? Assessing the Dominance of the Anglosphere in Global Finance Before the Trump Turn
Includes novel visualizations of global finance (banking, portfolio inv & FDI) showing persistent US centrality
hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/487488
Enduring Structural Power? Assessing the Dominance of the Anglosphere in Global Finance Before the Trump Turn
Includes novel visualizations of global finance (banking, portfolio inv & FDI) showing persistent US centrality
hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/487488
TSMC is arguably the most important non-US MNC for the global economy.
TSMC runs record profit in 2025, looks to speed up expansion in US – Focus Taiwan: ‘The record net profit came after TSMC generated a new high of NT$3.81 trillion in consolidated sales in 2025, up 31.6 percent from a year earlier, according to the statement.’
TSMC runs record profit in 2025, looks to speed up expansion in U.S. - Focus Taiwan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) said Thursday it is "speeding up" its capacity expansion in the United States to satisfy client needs as it reported a record high in net profit in 2025 d...
focustaiwan.tw
January 15, 2026 at 9:35 AM
TSMC is arguably the most important non-US MNC for the global economy.
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Thiel Fellowship co-founder Michael Gibson & American Moment co-founder Nick Solheim presented a talk at Peter Thiel’s 2024 “Hereticon”
event titled, “Manifest Destiny: Greenland, Cuba, & the New American Colony.” Gibson & his colleagues have also been eyeing Venezuela, Honduras, & Nigeria. 1/
event titled, “Manifest Destiny: Greenland, Cuba, & the New American Colony.” Gibson & his colleagues have also been eyeing Venezuela, Honduras, & Nigeria. 1/
January 8, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Thiel Fellowship co-founder Michael Gibson & American Moment co-founder Nick Solheim presented a talk at Peter Thiel’s 2024 “Hereticon”
event titled, “Manifest Destiny: Greenland, Cuba, & the New American Colony.” Gibson & his colleagues have also been eyeing Venezuela, Honduras, & Nigeria. 1/
event titled, “Manifest Destiny: Greenland, Cuba, & the New American Colony.” Gibson & his colleagues have also been eyeing Venezuela, Honduras, & Nigeria. 1/
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this is worth reading. the Minneapolis PD chief is not any kind of liberal obviously but he's clearly very upset about what ICE is doing www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/p...
‘A Breaking Point’: The Minneapolis Police Chief on ICE
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:56 PM
this is worth reading. the Minneapolis PD chief is not any kind of liberal obviously but he's clearly very upset about what ICE is doing www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/p...
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🚨BREAKING: ICE unleashes ONSLAUGHT of flash bang grenades and chemical ammunition at unarmed Minneapolis protesters in WAR-LIKE attack. Several protesters struck. Our reporter @zdroberts.bsky.social struck in the head.
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 3:15 AM
🚨BREAKING: ICE unleashes ONSLAUGHT of flash bang grenades and chemical ammunition at unarmed Minneapolis protesters in WAR-LIKE attack. Several protesters struck. Our reporter @zdroberts.bsky.social struck in the head.
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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Tonight's immediately impeachable latest crime
The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
www.semafor.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Tonight's immediately impeachable latest crime
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“We have very well established risk management techniques and protocols to manage financial stability and solvency,” Sandy Trust said. “We simply need to apply the same rigor, the same discipline to climate change.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
UK Actuaries Sound Alarm on Loss Models Downplaying Climate Risk
The finance industry is relying on climate models that understate the speed at which temperatures are rising, according to a fresh study by Britain’s main association of actuaries.
www.bloomberg.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:51 PM
“We have very well established risk management techniques and protocols to manage financial stability and solvency,” Sandy Trust said. “We simply need to apply the same rigor, the same discipline to climate change.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The NATO treaty and UN Charter are both law in the USA. They are the two most important treaties in the world. Attacking Greenland would violate both of them, as well as the US Constitution.
A Democratic president would be impeached and removed for threatening war on NATO—and they would deserve it.
A Democratic president would be impeached and removed for threatening war on NATO—and they would deserve it.
January 14, 2026 at 10:54 PM
The NATO treaty and UN Charter are both law in the USA. They are the two most important treaties in the world. Attacking Greenland would violate both of them, as well as the US Constitution.
A Democratic president would be impeached and removed for threatening war on NATO—and they would deserve it.
A Democratic president would be impeached and removed for threatening war on NATO—and they would deserve it.
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Size and positioning: Greenland is exactly across important ocean navigation ways in the North.
The Euler spiral map, in this realization cutting from the North Pole, is a funny but somewhat more revealing 2D-projection
From andersk.mit.edu/euler-spiral...
The Euler spiral map, in this realization cutting from the North Pole, is a funny but somewhat more revealing 2D-projection
From andersk.mit.edu/euler-spiral...
January 14, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Size and positioning: Greenland is exactly across important ocean navigation ways in the North.
The Euler spiral map, in this realization cutting from the North Pole, is a funny but somewhat more revealing 2D-projection
From andersk.mit.edu/euler-spiral...
The Euler spiral map, in this realization cutting from the North Pole, is a funny but somewhat more revealing 2D-projection
From andersk.mit.edu/euler-spiral...
Service tweet for Trump & Co: The good old Mollweide projection puts the size of Greenland into perspective!
January 14, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Service tweet for Trump & Co: The good old Mollweide projection puts the size of Greenland into perspective!
Mercator is malarkey, baby!
January 14, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Mercator is malarkey, baby!
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2025 was an exceptional year for the Earth's climate
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
January 14, 2026 at 2:53 PM
2025 was an exceptional year for the Earth's climate
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
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January 13, 2026 at 10:17 PM
"Too much finance?" - a crucial (research) question!
We're up and running with the Too Much Finance conference! Prof Thorsten Beck is giving the first keynote taxjustice.net/events/too-m...
January 14, 2026 at 10:10 AM
"Too much finance?" - a crucial (research) question!
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The finance industry is relying on climate models that understate the speed of climate change and likely economic impact.
New report warns that climate-driven inflation, financial shocks, and insurance withdrawals could happen sooner than anticipated. 🧪
greenfuturessolutions.com/news/parasol...
New report warns that climate-driven inflation, financial shocks, and insurance withdrawals could happen sooner than anticipated. 🧪
greenfuturessolutions.com/news/parasol...
Underestimated climate risks could undermine global financial system, warn actuaries and scientists | Green Futures Solutions
greenfuturessolutions.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:38 AM
The finance industry is relying on climate models that understate the speed of climate change and likely economic impact.
New report warns that climate-driven inflation, financial shocks, and insurance withdrawals could happen sooner than anticipated. 🧪
greenfuturessolutions.com/news/parasol...
New report warns that climate-driven inflation, financial shocks, and insurance withdrawals could happen sooner than anticipated. 🧪
greenfuturessolutions.com/news/parasol...
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If, like me, you weren't completely sure what all the fuss is about re central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) -- @shahinvallee.bsky.social has explained it beautifully here. The GENIUS Act, digital yuan, stablecoins, interoperability, tech sovereignty etc: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/a-g...
A Global Euro | Phenomenal World
With the global monetary order on less certain ground, will Europeans seize the opportunity to make the euro a true reserve currency issuer?
www.phenomenalworld.org
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
If, like me, you weren't completely sure what all the fuss is about re central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) -- @shahinvallee.bsky.social has explained it beautifully here. The GENIUS Act, digital yuan, stablecoins, interoperability, tech sovereignty etc: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/a-g...
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Issue of money sovereignty for Europe ramping up; big sign-on letter from economists calls for a digital Euro with no US dependencies (as China has done in building its digital currency stack).
www.ft.com/content/b060...
www.ft.com/content/b060...
Digital euro ‘only defence’ against deepening US control of money, economists warn
Academics including France’s Thomas Piketty press MEPs to resist ‘shortsighted’ lobbying against project
www.ft.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Issue of money sovereignty for Europe ramping up; big sign-on letter from economists calls for a digital Euro with no US dependencies (as China has done in building its digital currency stack).
www.ft.com/content/b060...
www.ft.com/content/b060...
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I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts.
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
The Age of Academic Slop is Upon Us
what happens when AI automates "normal science"?
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts.
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
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UKIP: The Old Wrong
Ukip have submitted a new logo and slogan to the Electoral Commission, swapping the £ pound sterling symbol for a cross, that looks very much like it is modelled on the Iron Cross used by Prussia & Germany 1871-1918 and Hitler's Nazi regime from 1933-45
January 13, 2026 at 9:29 AM
UKIP: The Old Wrong
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In the 1951 Defense of Greenland Agreement with Denmark, the US unambiguously recognized ‘the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark’ over Greenland. https://bit.ly/4qH0yug
Who owns Greenland?
Denmark’s claim is unimpeachable. In the 1951 Defense of Greenland Agreement with Denmark, the US unambiguously recognizes ‘the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark’ over Greenland.
www.chathamhouse.org
January 13, 2026 at 7:00 AM
In the 1951 Defense of Greenland Agreement with Denmark, the US unambiguously recognized ‘the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark’ over Greenland. https://bit.ly/4qH0yug
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Five armed masked federal agents to guard a Target restroom while Greg Bovino uses the facilities. A scene equally at home in authoritarian regimes and comedies about authoritarian regimes
ICE at Midway Target and seem to possible be leaving. Lots of community members here
January 11, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Five armed masked federal agents to guard a Target restroom while Greg Bovino uses the facilities. A scene equally at home in authoritarian regimes and comedies about authoritarian regimes
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New Chums Beach, NZ.
Absolutely stunning.
Absolutely stunning.
January 11, 2026 at 9:37 PM
New Chums Beach, NZ.
Absolutely stunning.
Absolutely stunning.
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ICE officers slipping on ice while trying to terrorize communities is the most accurate metaphor imaginable. No balance. No footing. No moral ground. Just cruelty, incompetence, and gravity doing its thing.
January 11, 2026 at 9:40 PM
ICE officers slipping on ice while trying to terrorize communities is the most accurate metaphor imaginable. No balance. No footing. No moral ground. Just cruelty, incompetence, and gravity doing its thing.
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Germany's far-right AfD is extreme even by the standards of the European far-right, and has links to open neo-Nazis and antisemites. That apparently will not stop Netanyahu from appearing with them. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Netanyahu joins Germany's AfD, far-right Europeans in backing Orbán as campaign begins
The AfD and Austria's FPÖ Are Boycotted by Israel Over Their Antisemitic Roots and Members. Launching an Uphill Re-election Bid, Orbán Invited International Far-right Allies to His Illiberal Fidesz Pa...
www.haaretz.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Germany's far-right AfD is extreme even by the standards of the European far-right, and has links to open neo-Nazis and antisemites. That apparently will not stop Netanyahu from appearing with them. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...