Monthly Archive: June 2025

Swiss retailers review deal on fees for single-use plastic bags

2025-06-08

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2025-06-08

The agreement reached in 2016 on the introduction of chargeable plastic bags at Swiss shop checkouts is being scrutinised. The Swiss Retail Federation is analysing whether it wants to terminate the agreement it concluded with IG Retail. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Dagmar Jenni, Managing Director of the Swiss Retail …

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Paul Heyne: The Ethicist Who Thought Like an Economist

2025-06-07

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2025-06-07

Was Paul Heyne an ethicist who thought like an economist or was he instead an economist who thought like an ethicist? It was a bit of both. Heyne‘s popular text, The Economic Way of Thinking, educated a lot of students about how economics really works.

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China’s Strengths Are Over-Exaggerated

2025-06-07

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2025-06-07

While China has made great strides economically since the days of Mao, nonetheless, there remain a number of weaknesses in the economy. While we should recognize its economic strengths, we should not be tempted to portray China as an economic superpower.

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Week Ahead: Stable Unemployment + Firm CPI = USD Recovery?

2025-06-07

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2025-06-07

Last week, the US dollar fell to new lows for the year against half the G10 currencies, including sterling, the Norwegian krone, and Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand dollars. A key question is whether it is a breakout and a signal that ana acceleration of the dollar's decline is at hand. On balance, and within …

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Logitech CEO: ‘We are well positioned to face US tariffs’

2025-06-07

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2025-06-07

Logitech is well-positioned against the threat of US tariffs, said Hanneke Faber, CEO of the Swiss-American tech giant. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox “Today we manufacture our products in a total of six countries,” explained the 56-year-old in a speech at the Swiss Economic Forum (SEF), an event that brought …

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Stock Market Performance As Summer Arrives

2025-06-07

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2025-06-07

Inside This Week's Bull Bear Report Breakout! Next Stop, Previous Highs Last week, we discussed the successful test of the 200-DMA. "Most notably, this past week was the successful test of the 200-DMA. The pullback to that previous broken resistance level and subsequent bounce highly suggests that the April correction is complete and that market …

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Preparing for War

2025-06-07

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2025-06-07

Why is gold at a record high? How does modern mercantilism fuel today’s tensions? Are we all just pawns in a much bigger game?

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Energy Holodomor

2025-06-06

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2025-06-06

At first glance, it might seem extreme—even offensive—to compare anti-fossil fuel climate policies to Stalin’s deliberate starvation of millions during the Holodomor. But in truth, the comparison may be unfair— to Stalin.

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To Veatch His Own

2025-06-06

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2025-06-06

As a bookend to last week‘s critical article on Thomistic Aristotelianism of Alasdair MacIntyre, Dr. David Gordon in Friday Philosophy scrutinizes the libertarian-tolerant philosopher Henry B. Veatch. Dr. Gordon finds Veatch‘s arguments much more tolerable.

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Dollar Better Bid Ahead of Jobs Report as Japanese and German Data Disappoint, but Will it be Sustained?

2025-06-06

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2025-06-06

Overview:  It is not clear what happened yesterday, the first time US and Chinese leaders have spoken since the inauguration. The US readout suggests trade was only discussed and a deal on the rare earths was reached. China's readout included an expression of concern about US planned arms sales to Taiwan and the need for …

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The Deficit Crisis Is Really A Recession Problem

2025-06-06

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2025-06-06

The graph below provides a clearer understanding of the US fiscal deficit. First, focus on the red line below, graphing the ratio of federal debt to GDP. Note that it is at the same level today as it was in 2021. Similarly, before the pandemic, it had been relatively flat for seven years. This highlights … Continue reading...

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Does Consumer Spending Drive Earnings Growth?

2025-06-06

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2025-06-06

It would seem evident that most investors would understand that consumer spending drives economic growth, ultimately creating corporate earnings growth. Yet, despite this somewhat tautological statement, Wall Street appears to ignore this simple reality when forecasting forward earnings. As discussed recently, S&P Global's current estimates show earnings are growing far above the long-term exponential growth …

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Musk v. Trump, Trump v. Courts, and Palantir v. Us

2025-06-06

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2025-06-06

On this episode of Power and Market, the group discusses the fallout from Musk's fight with Trump, recent reporting on Palantir contracts, and how the courts are not interested in protecting rights.

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A Different Perspective on Costa Rica’s Traffic Disaster

2025-06-06

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2025-06-06

Traffic jams are so frequent that many Costa Ricans have adjusted their routines to deal with this phenomenon, treating it like a chronic illness.

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What Science Can’t Decide for You: Masks, Data, and Individual Liberty

2025-06-06

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2025-06-06

Modern neoclassical economics is based upon the physical sciences, which Austrian economists recognize is an inappropriate way to explain economic phenomena. Ludwig von Mises recognized this fraudulence, calling it “scientism.”

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Why the US Legacy Media Is Worse than Useless

2025-06-05

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2025-06-05

The so-called White House “coverup” of former President Joe Biden‘s dementia was really a coverup by the legacy media, which worked with White House officials to ensure Americans would not know the truth.

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Fed Beige Book: The Economy In Half of the Nation Is Getting Worse

2025-06-05

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2025-06-05

The Federal Reserve System released its May 2025 Beige Book yesterday, and the Fed has stopped painting a cheerful picture of the US economy.

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A Golden Share Will Not Make America Great Again

2025-06-05

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2025-06-05

Government involvement in our lives is getting more entrenched since Trump took office. He campaigned on the opposite. The result will be economic stagnation, recessions, or even depressions. To ensure a strong economy, government should get out of the way.

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Swiss state-owned PostFinance to cut 141 jobs

2025-06-05

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2025-06-05

PostFinance, the financial services subsidiary of Swiss Post, plans to cut 141 jobs in the coming months, mostly in administrative functions in Bern. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "The challenges posed by market volatility, investor uncertainty and a difficult interest rate environment are putting PostFinance under pressure," reads a statement …

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Trump’s Deep State Palantir Pals Run Damage Control for Their Spy Plans

2025-06-05

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2025-06-05



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