The author called for an end to what they described as socialist centralism in Sofia, arguing that Bulgaria’s regional economic gap was too wide. They said Sofia City produced a disproportionate share of national wealth, while the Northwest, Sliven, Silistra and Haskovo lagged far behind, and wrote that the country could not reach its full potential. https://t.co/uUKD57HkvI #България #Икономика #РегионалноРазвитие #BG
The author wrote that the United States had become beholden to a powerful but inept figure, and argued that the country could take decades to recover or continue declining. #USPolitics #WealthInequality #PoliticalAnalysis #US
The author argued that climate action should hold major polluters and the wealthy responsible rather than burden working people. They said it could also improve people’s lives and make things easier and less costly, in a post tagged #Budget2027.
The author argued that workers created the country’s wealth and should have been prioritised in Budget 2027. They said the budget instead favoured the wealthiest in the hope that benefits would eventually reach others, and described it as being for the rich.
The author argued that much of the debate around inheritance tax was a distraction from allowing multimillionaires and billionaires to pass on vast wealth to the next generation, while ordinary people struggled to make ends meet and feed their children.
Wicknell Chivayo divided opinion in life and continues to do so in death. #Zimbabwe #WealthInequality #Philanthropy
The author argued that climate action should hold the biggest polluters and wealthiest people responsible rather than squeeze working people, and said it could improve people’s lives.
"God, luck, and Viktor Orbán certainly played a role in getting me to where I am today, but I never privatized anything, I never stole anything—I earned everything through my work and my wits," In a 2014 interview, Lőrinc Mészáros spoke about how his longtime friendship with Viktor Orbán played a role in him becoming wealthy. #Mészáros #Fidesz #ViktorOrbán (translated)
Peter Magyar, the Prime Minister, announced the details of the planned changes to the wealth tax for billionaires and the KATA taxation, which will come into effect in 2027, aiming to improve social protection and expand the tax options for small businesses. #Mészáros #Fidesz #ViktorOrbán (translated)
The author argued that the rising cost of living offered private companies and society’s wealthiest people an opportunity to profit, describing it as a transfer of wealth from the majority to a very rich minority.
“You cannot preach self-government and liberty to people in a starving land. Only a well-fed, well-housed, well-schooled people can enjoy the blessings of liberty.” — Fiorello La Guardia, former mayor of New York La Guardia was making a simple argument: people cannot fully enjoy liberty if they lack the basic conditions that make independence possible. That should make Danes stop and think. Denmark is not a starving land. We are wealthy, highly educated and protected by one of the world’s most extensive welfare states. And yet, look at the direction of travel. The cost of living and housing have become increasingly burdensome. Educational performance has deteriorated. And more and more decisions about how we live, work, raise our children, run our businesses and spend our own money are made through an ever-growing web of rules and regulations. So perhaps Denmark faces a different version of La Guardia’s warning. The question is no longer simply: Are Danes well-fed, well-housed and well-schooled? It is: Are Danes still being made capable of governing themselves? Because there is a difference between being provided for and being free. A prosperous welfare state can give people security. It can provide housing, education, healthcare and income protection. But it cannot manufacture the habits that liberty requires: independent thought, personal responsibility, courage, competence and a willingness to govern ourselves rather than continually asking the state to govern us. La Guardia warned that you cannot build liberty on hunger. Perhaps Denmark should ask whether security without sufficient independence can preserve it. A free society needs more than citizens who are taken care of. It needs citizens capable of taking responsibility for themselves. That is the real meaning of self-government” - ChatGPT
The author argued that an AI sovereign wealth fund would not be progressive, describing it as “techno-imperialism.” In a post linking to the Financial Times, they said AI infrastructure used land and water and put pressure on electricity grids abroad, while income was generated at home.
The author argued that an AI sovereign wealth fund would not be progressive, describing it as “techno-imperialism.” They said critics including Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon were right to warn that AI breeds oligarchy, but objected to funding a dividend by projecting American power while leaving “the rest of the” something unspecified. #AI #TechEthics #Oligarchy #US
Laut dem Allianz Global Wealth Report wächst das Geldvermögen der Österreicher seit 2019 inflation bereinigt um 1,4 Prozent, während die globale Steigerung bei 23 Prozent liegt, und die Abhängigkeit von KI-getriebenen Märkten macht Haushaltsvermögen anfälliger für wirtschaftliche Korrekturen. #Vermögensreport #Inflation #Österreich
China is seeing the looming crisis first. As USD starts to break, the RMB rises and puts pressure on exports - the Chinese need to stimulate to transition to a wealthy, consumption-led economy. It’s much harder to adjust an economy upwards than downwards - as we will soon learn. https://t.co/5dNXx2zaZA #ChinaEconomy #RMB #USD #CN
"Nivelleren is een feest." Hans Spekman, PvdA-voorzitter, 2012. Tegenwoordig voorzitter van de FNV. Goed nieuws, Hans. Het feest is gelukt. Alleen niet helemaal zoals bedoeld. Het mediane vermogen van de Nederlandse volwassene daalde tussen 2020 en 2025 met 26,2%, na inflatie. Van €147.000 naar €108.000. Bijna €40.000 kwijt per persoon, in vijf jaar. Het VK stond wekenlang in het nieuws als grote verliezer van de rijke wereld. Brexit zou de reden zijn. En Nederland? Wij deden het slechter. Van de 30 landen met het hoogste mediane vermogen scoorde alleen Oostenrijk lager. En nu komt het. Het gemiddelde vermogen daalde 14,4%. De mediaan 26,2%. De middengroep leverde bijna twee keer zo hard in als het gemiddelde. Nivelleren, maar dan naar beneden. Wie er niet op achteruitging? Den Haag. De Rijksoverheid groeide van ruim 125.000 naar 160.000 fte. Elk kabinet belooft te snijden, elk jaar komen er meer bij. De bank. De hypotheekschuld ging van €765 miljard naar €936 miljard. Een gewoon huis kost een half miljoen. Wie na 2020 begon, leent zich scheel of huurt en bouwt helemaal niets op. De nieuwe gastarieven zijn inmiddels 1,8€ per kuub, per januari 2027 komen daar ETS-2 EU taxen bovenop. En je spaargeld? Uitgehold door inflatie. Over wat overblijft betaal je box 3. Een overheid die blijft groeien. Een woningmarkt die is dichtgeregeld. Een middenklasse die steeds harder moet lenen om bij te blijven. Het feest is voorbij, Hans. De middenklasse mag de rekening betalen. Bron: UBS Global Wealth Report 2026 https://t.co/xltt9AHzqp Rijksoverheid, CBS #Nivelleren #Middenklasse #Economie
This is at the same time as they sell out an ever-increasing amount of our electricity, water, and people's data to data centres and AI. Climate action should mean holding the biggest polluters / wealthiest responsible, not squeezing working people. #ClimateAction #DataPrivacy #CorporateResponsibility #Therearenospecificcountrycodespresentinthetweet.
While the agent apparently failed to make money, the attempt in itself is worrying. If a rogue AI agent is scary, a wealthy rogue AI agent is much scarier. #RogueAI #ArtificialIntelligence #TechEthics #Therearenospecificcountrymentionsinthetweetprovided.
A typical oped these days: “America is expropriating the wealth of Venezuela, bombing schoolchildren in Iran, helping destroy Palestinian life, threatening Denmark. Do you miss the American order already?” #America #ForeignPolicy #Venezuela #US #VE #IR #PS #DK
