Navidi: Trump-Forderung "ist absolute Frechheit und Zumutung"

Sep 16, 2025 | US-Präsident Donald Trump fordert von der EU, drastische Zölle auf Produkte aus China und Indien zu verhängen - bis zu 100 Prozent. Die US-Wirtschaftsexpertin Sandra Navidi hält dies für willkürlich und gefährlich - und warnt vor einer Eskalationsspirale im globalen Handel.

Why Tariffs Won’t Bring Back Manufacturing Jobs, Krugman Explains

Sep 13, 2025 | Nobel laureate Paul Krugman argues that tariff “chaos” and Trump's immigration policies are the real drag on growth by raising costs, freezing investment, and ultimately hitting consumers. He says a 1950s-style manufacturing revival is illusory, tariff revenue won’t fix the deficit, and U.S. trade-rule credibility has suffered lasting damage. On New York City politics, he expects only marginal policy shifts if Democratic nominee for mayor Zohran Mamdani wins.

Europe in a Raw Materials Frenzy – How We Can Become Independent of Trump and China | Documentary...

Sep 12, 2025 | Crises such as the war in Ukraine, geopolitical tensions with China, and the trade dispute with Trump are changing Europe's view of raw materials. Access to critical materials is becoming a strategic challenge. The EU aims to become more independent with the Critical Raw Materials Act – by mining, processing, and recycling critical raw materials directly in Europe.

But the transformation is complex: While magnesite and graphite are being mined in Austria, resistance is forming in Serbia against a large-scale lithium project. Critics complain of environmental destruction and corruption, while supporters see it as an economic opportunity for Serbia and all of Europe.

The topic of recycling is also gaining importance: Researchers such as Marie Perrin from ETH Zurich are working on innovative processes for recovering rare earths from electronic waste.

European mining is at a turning point – caught between geopolitical pressure, technological progress, and social resistance.

Schulden in Europa: Wie groß ist die Gefahr? | ARTE Europa - Die Woche

Sep 12, 2025 | In Frankreich bringt die Schuldenkrise Premierminister Bayrou zu Sturz. Die Abgeordneten stellten sich gegen seinen Sparkurs und auch weite Teile der Bevölkerung sind dagegen. Doch nicht nur in Paris sorgt die Finanzpolitik für Streit: Mehrere Mitgliedsländer haben Geldprobleme und kürzen im Bildungs-, und Gesundheitswesen. Die EU-Kriterien zur Neuverschuldung können nur die wenigsten Länder einhalten.

Global Capitalism: Evidence and Symptoms: U.S. Capitalism’s Decline Accelerates

Sep 11, 2025 | Trump endlessly boasts about “the great economy” he has delivered. At the same time, increasing masses of Americans experience sharply deteriorating economic conditions. In response to numerous requests, Professor Wolff systematically presents the evidence and symptoms of the accelerating decline of capitalism in the U.S.

Larry Ellison Dislodges Elon Musk as World’s Richest Person

THE GUARDIAN: Oracle co-founder’s shares rose by 40% in early trading, valuing his fortune at $393bn, just ahead of Musk’s $384bn

US tech billionaire Larry Ellison has overtaken Elon Musk as the world’s richest person after shares in Oracle, the business he co-founded, rocketed in early trading on Wednesday.

Ellison’s wealth has surged after the company, in which he owns a stake of 41%, reported better than expected financial results.

Oracle shares rose by more than 40% in early trading to $340 a share, valuing the business software company at $958bn (£707bn) and Ellison’s stake at $393bn, just ahead of Musk’s fortune of $384bn, according to Bloomberg’s billionaires index.

The jump in the shares is the company’s largest single-day increase ever and the biggest ever one-day wealth increase on the Bloomberg index. The pair sit comfortably ahead of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. » | Dan Milmo | Global technology editor | Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Democracy Now! Jeffrey Epstein & JPMorgan: How the Largest US Bank Enabled the Sexual Predator's Crimes

Sep 9, 2025 | Amid growing pressure for the Trump administration to release the full Jeffrey Epstein files, a New York Times investigation reveals how the country's largest bank, JPMorgan Chase, enabled Epstein's sex-trafficking operation and profited from its ties to him. The exposé is based on more than 13,000 pages of legal and financial records. The Times reports JPMorgan processed more than 4,700 transactions for Epstein totaling more than $1.1 billion, including payments to some of the women who were sexually trafficked. The bank "arranged for Epstein to be able to pay those victims, both in the U.S. and in Eastern European countries and in Russia," says David Enrich, deputy investigations editor for The New York Times. Epstein "operated in large part because he had unfettered access to the global financial system. And for many years, it was JPMorgan that was providing him with that access."

Is every bastard at the top corrupt these days? It sure seems like it. — © Mark Alexander

How JP Morgan Enabled Epstein’s Crimes

How disgusting!

Javier Milei's Demise Is Coming

Sep 10, 2025 | The Grayzone's Oscar Leon and Venezuelan analyst Diego Sequera join Max Blumenthal to discuss local Argentinian elections which the party of right-wing President Javier Milei lost in a landslide, and what it means for his political future.

I should like to point out to my followers and visitors that I said from the very start that Javier Milei’s experiment with anarcho-capitalism will fail. It appears that my words are coming true even sooner than I thought possible. Milei’s experiment is ridiculous. Milei's way is no way to run a country! — © Mark Alexander

Lachlan Murdoch, the Media Prince Who Would Be King

THE NEW YORK TIMES: A new deal gives him control of his family’s media empire, including Fox News, for probably decades to come.

The question of succession has hung over Lachlan Murdoch his entire life. It has finally, definitively been answered.

The family’s empire, built over more than 70 years by his father, Rupert, is his to control for probably decades to come. Thanks to a $3.3 billion deal he reached with his three oldest siblings, Mr. Murdoch will be able to oversee the family’s media business until at least 2050.

The agreement immediately cements Mr. Murdoch, 54, as one of the world’s most powerful men. And it means that his companies — which own Fox News, The New York Post and The Wall Street Journal, among other properties — are likely to maintain their firm conservative tilt. Keeping that ideological bent has been a top priority for his father, who has preferred his elder son as his permanent successor over the three less politically conservative siblings.

Now the global Murdoch kingdom will fall under the control of an intensely private former philosophy student, a New Yorker turned proud Australian who transplanted his family to Sydney, and a digital enthusiast who has pushed his father’s analog media business into the realms of podcasts and streaming platforms. » | Katie Robertson and Michael M. Grynbaum | Tuesday, September 9, 2025

US-Venezuela Standoff Intensifies after US Attack on Boat Trump Says Carried Drugs | DW News

Sep 5, 2025 | There is a deepening standoff between the United States and Venezuela, an oil rich country, backed by America's biggest economic rival: China.

After this week's deadly US strike in the Caribbean -- an attack that killed 11 people on a boat US President Trump says was carrying illicit drugs from Venezuela -- his Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned the US is going to wage war on what he called narco-terrorists organizations.

In Caracas, the Venezualan President Nicolas Maduro says 'imperialism is launching a new attack' aimed at regime change. He insists his country will stand firm -- but to do that, will China have to step in?

Canadian PM Carney Delivers Stunning Remarks About US & President Trump

Sep 5, 2025 | Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks in Mississauga, Ontario, on U.S. trade tensions and Canada’s economic strategy. Joined by local leaders, he outlines plans for infrastructure and growth.

Putin’s Situation Is ‘Extremely Grave’ | Sir Bill Browder

Sep 5, 2025 | Sir Bill Browder joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to analyse reports Russia’s economy has slipped into “technical stagnation”, how Vladimir Putin forces state companies to pay for his war and Donald Trump continues to choose a diplomatic path towards peace in Ukraine but warns “something is going to happen”.

Here Are the 10 Biggest U.S. Lottery Jackpots Ever

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Two winning tickets will split the $1.787 billion Powerball jackpot drawn on Saturday. Changes to Powerball and Mega Millions have led to increasingly large jackpots in recent years.

Two tickets sold in Missouri and Texas won the Powerball jackpot drawing on Saturday night. The owners of the tickets will split $1.787 billion, the second-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history, according to Powerball.

Huge jackpots have become increasingly common in the multistate Mega Millions and Powerball lottery drawings because of changes to the games over the years and higher ticket prices.

Between the two lotteries, more than a dozen jackpots in the United States have surpassed $1 billion since 2016.

In 2024, there were three jackpots over $1 billion: an estimated $1.13 billion Mega Millions prize claimed by a winning ticket in New Jersey in March, and a $1.33 billion Powerball jackpot won on April 7 by a ticket sold in Oregon. In December, a Mega Millions ticket sold in California won a $1.22 billion jackpot.

Here’s a look at the 10 biggest U.S. jackpots ever. » | By The New York Times | Sunday, September 7, 2025

The Six Warning Signs as Crypto Is Welcomed into the US Mainstream

A screenshot taken from this article. | Eric and Don Trump Jr outside the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York
THE OBSERVER: In a week, the Trump family’s wealth has increased by more than $6.5bn after their crypto company debuted on the Nasdaq

It is official: the path to future prosperity will be built on an exciting new platform of digital finance. That was the message of a series of recommendations published in July by a White House working group that, if implemented, “will ensure crypto becomes a hallmark of the new American Golden Age”. And with the strong backing of the president and bipartisan support on Capitol Hill, it is more likely than not that these proposals will be pushed through.

The crypto markets were already surging ahead. The price of a bitcoin, by far the most popular crypto asset, has risen to about $110,000 (£83,000), nearly seven times where it stood at its low point at the end of 2022. Then there are the stablecoins, digital tokens that are supposed to be protected against wild fluctuations in their purchasing power because they are backed by conventional assets such as treasury bills. Tether, the market leader, said it was holding $127bn in US treasuries at the end of June as backing for the stablecoins it had sold. This makes it one of the world’s largest investors in US government debt.

Overall, the value of the global crypto market has risen to more than $4tn, a rise of roughly three-fifths since the start of Donald Trump’s second term.

But for anyone with an interest in financial history, parts of this story sound familiar. Red lights have been flashing in the crypto market for some time, and they are not getting any dimmer. Here are six warning signals. » | Sir Richard Lambert | Sunday, September 7, 2025