On March 11th, 2011, the largest earthquake in Japan’s history set off a tsunami which breached the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The flooding destroyed the plant’s power generators preventing cool water from cycling to the hot nuclear core. Fearing… Read More ›
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Economic History Case Studies: The Impasse Between Liberal Capitalism and Illiberal Capitalism (1989-2022)
The Developmentalist model, as I had correctly suspected, is meant to be understood as a “development” toward Liberal Capitalism or Illiberal Capitalism. The difference between Liberal Capitalism and Illiberal Capitalism, the latter of which is to speak of an “Authoritarian… Read More ›
“Pan-Europeanism” contra “Pan-Germanic Socialism”
Yesterday, in a post intended for the ARPLAN Blog, I discussed that Pan-Germanic Socialism within the German-speaking world could still be a relevant ideology in the 21st century. If it successfully distances itself from the racialist and antisemitic tendencies of… Read More ›
Europe Heading into Recession, warns European Union — Axiom Market Research & Consulting
The European Union warned that Eurozone was all set to fall into recession as the European Union increased inflation forecasts for 2022 and 2023 on the back of high energy prices. Europe is also reeling from the economic shockwaves caused… Read More ›
Euroscepticism and Pan-Germanic Socialism
Bogumil, I looked into those sources that you provided in your response to the other comment. The documentation itself appears to support my argument that something definitely happened in the DDR during the latter half of its existence. The “East… Read More ›
The world at war – again
It is 83 years this weekend since Europe crashed into war, beginning a global struggle that did not end until 1945 and which resulted in estimated deaths topping 75 million, many of them civilians. The Second World War was the… Read More ›
September 1992 — Paris Diaries of the 1990s
Note from DAH: The following is a diary entry that somebody wrote in September 1992 about the ascension of the European Union and Black Wednesday. I have discussed about the topic before in an Economic History Case Studies post about… Read More ›
Europe wants to shape the future of virtual worlds with rules and taxes — Hubble Ventures
EU lawmakers are moving in on the metaverse and making it plain that, whatever newfangled virtual world/s and/or immersive social connectivity that tech industry hype involving the term may refer to, these next-gen virtual spaces won’t escape one hard reality:… Read More ›
Update (19 August 2022)
I cannot believe that it is now Friday morning. After not posting anything yesterday, I feel that it is only proper of me to add two new posts to the Blog. Allow me to spend the rest of this Update… Read More ›
Future Fuel Shortages in Europe?
An important conclusion from The Work-Standard (2nd Ed.) has been proven valid recently as there are now news reports coming out of the EU/NATO that Europe may face fuel shortages in the next several months. The high standard of living… Read More ›
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