The Inflation Mirage: When the Numbers Behave but the Empire Still Burns
US core inflation slowed more than expected in December, offering Washington a rare moment of numerical relief at the end of a year disfigured by...
Author: J-P. Pizzini
When the White House Puts a Gun on Monetary Policy
As the Trump administration prepared to anoint the next chair of the US Federal Reserve, it chose instead to fire a warning shot at the...
Trump Turns Iran Into a Global Toll Booth
Donald Trump has announced a 25% tariff on goods from any country “doing business” with Iran, the latest escalation in a campaign that is less...
Ford’s Ghost, China’s Factory: The Capital War Moves to Europe
Ford’s Cologne plant has been welded into the Rhine’s industrial skyline since 1931, a monument to the American century, when the United States exported not...
New pressures on FED independence
The line that once separated monetary authority from political power has finally been crossed — not with a speech, nor with a reform bill, but...
America Rewrites Capitalism: When the State Becomes the Market Maker
The United States is no longer pretending. What is emerging is not a deviation from capitalism, but its deliberate re-engineering — a system where the...
From Delphi to the Dockyard: Greece Re-enters History as Empires Return
In ancient Greece, power was first negotiated through oracles. Delphi spoke, kings listened, and empires adjusted their course. In Elefsina, no oracle remains — only...
Debt Is the Only Religion Left: Markets Open 2026 by Borrowing Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
The year 2026 did not begin with caution, reflection, or restraint. It began, instead, with a stampede. In the space of a few days, global...
Treasury Takes the Oil: Venezuela Becomes a US-Run Commodity Colony
In the age of empires, conquest is rarely announced with flags and formal annexations. It is executed through contracts, shipping lanes, and escrow accounts. That...