With consumption at -12% in 2024 vs peak (in constant prices) and capital formation at -36%…
June 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
With consumption at -12% in 2024 vs peak (in constant prices) and capital formation at -36%…
The Statesperson (Low Megalomania, High Intelligence): Leverages position and intellect to address complex national challenges rather than to accumulate personal power. Builds institutions that outlast tenure & willingly transfers power. Recognizes limitations of authority.
April 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The Statesperson (Low Megalomania, High Intelligence): Leverages position and intellect to address complex national challenges rather than to accumulate personal power. Builds institutions that outlast tenure & willingly transfers power. Recognizes limitations of authority.
The Figurehead (Low Megalomania, Low Intelligence): Maintains the ceremonial aspects of leadership but delegates most substantive decisions to advisors and bureaucrats. May be easily influenced by stronger personalities in their administration. Preserves the status quo without meaningful vision.
April 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The Figurehead (Low Megalomania, Low Intelligence): Maintains the ceremonial aspects of leadership but delegates most substantive decisions to advisors and bureaucrats. May be easily influenced by stronger personalities in their administration. Preserves the status quo without meaningful vision.
The Strategist (High Megalomania, High Intelligence): Methodically expands authority beyond constitutional limits while maintaining a veneer of legitimacy. Uses sophisticated propaganda, legal maneuvering, & strategic alliances to gradually dismantle checks on their power.
April 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The Strategist (High Megalomania, High Intelligence): Methodically expands authority beyond constitutional limits while maintaining a veneer of legitimacy. Uses sophisticated propaganda, legal maneuvering, & strategic alliances to gradually dismantle checks on their power.
The Tyrant (High Megalomania, Low Intelligence): Uses their position primarily to consolidate personal power through brute force & intimidation. Relies on loyalty tests, purges, & cult of personality rather than effective governance. Often makes impulsive decisions that destabilize their own regime.
April 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The Tyrant (High Megalomania, Low Intelligence): Uses their position primarily to consolidate personal power through brute force & intimidation. Relies on loyalty tests, purges, & cult of personality rather than effective governance. Often makes impulsive decisions that destabilize their own regime.
Reposted by Paris Deligiannakis
I started today’s “Putinization of America” article for the Atlantic before the Trump-Zelensky meeting was announced, but I have a bad track record when it comes to hoping I’m wrong. It could’ve been scripted by Putin, especially Vance’s attacks. Maybe it was. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Putinization of America
Trump’s deference to the Russian dictator has become full-blown imitation.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I started today’s “Putinization of America” article for the Atlantic before the Trump-Zelensky meeting was announced, but I have a bad track record when it comes to hoping I’m wrong. It could’ve been scripted by Putin, especially Vance’s attacks. Maybe it was. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Unless it’s someone you do not see and talk to often. Then it helps built rapport.
January 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Unless it’s someone you do not see and talk to often. Then it helps built rapport.
From ftedit.ft.com/Ju3k/ws5bsh88 Reversal of fortunes: Europe’s thriving south, stagnant north
Reversal of fortunes: Europe’s thriving south and stagnant north
With Germany’s economy stalling, tentative growth in Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain is some good news for the Eurozone. Will it last?
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January 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
From ftedit.ft.com/Ju3k/ws5bsh88 Reversal of fortunes: Europe’s thriving south, stagnant north
