The United States has unveiled a critical-minerals partnership with Japan and the European Union amid growing concerns about China's dominant role in the sector. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/05/economy/us-japan-eu-critical-minerals-partnership/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #rareearths #minerals #usjapanrelations #eujapanrelations
Luc, artiste en devenir
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petite entreprise lambda qui ne paie pas ses cotisations -> inspection du fisc, liquidation, fermeture.
entreprise énorme qui ne paie pas ses cotisations -> j'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites, ça vous dirait que les gens solvables paient vos cotisations à votre place?
petite entreprise lambda qui ne paie pas ses cotisations -> inspection du fisc, liquidation, fermeture.
entreprise énorme qui ne paie pas ses cotisations -> j'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites, ça vous dirait que les gens solvables paient vos cotisations à votre place?
bhaugen
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"And now, guess what? They’re not. …
The Trump administration is failing because it is making many millions of normal Americans feel totally freaked out. 'I regret voting for Donald Trump.'”
Douthat wants, of course, to cling to the fantasy that the "conservative" agenda he promotes is grand and Trump failed at implementing it. But bad trees produce bad fruit: Trump's the fruit of Douthat's tree.
#Trump #ApprovalRating #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #cruelty #murder #executions #economy
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“'Approval rating at 37 percent, the lowest of his second term.' 'A failure. Fail, fail, fail.'
And the grand coalition that he united to defeat Kamala Harris has evaporated. And all of this was predictable. From the first days of DOGE through the debacle in Minneapolis, the Trump administration has consistently governed as if swing voters aren’t part of its coalition."
#Trump #ApprovalRating #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #cruelty #murder #executions #economy
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"And now, guess what? They’re not. …
The Trump administration is failing because it is making many millions of normal Americans feel totally freaked out. 'I regret voting for Donald Trump.'”
Douthat wants, of course, to cling to the fantasy that the "conservative" agenda he promotes is grand and Trump failed at implementing it. But bad trees produce bad fruit: Trump's the fruit of Douthat's tree.
#Trump #ApprovalRating #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #cruelty #murder #executions #economy
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When a leading "conservative" commentator says it:
"I want to tell you a secret. One that most conservatives on the internet don’t want you to know. A year into his second presidency, Donald Trump has lost the country. 'The majority of voters believe the country is worse off today than it was a year ago.'"
~ Ross Douthat
#Trump #ApprovalRating #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #cruelty #murder #executions #economy
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https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010684773/trump-has-lost-the-country.html
“'Approval rating at 37 percent, the lowest of his second term.' 'A failure. Fail, fail, fail.'
And the grand coalition that he united to defeat Kamala Harris has evaporated. And all of this was predictable. From the first days of DOGE through the debacle in Minneapolis, the Trump administration has consistently governed as if swing voters aren’t part of its coalition."
#Trump #ApprovalRating #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #cruelty #murder #executions #economy
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When a leading "conservative" commentator says it:
"I want to tell you a secret. One that most conservatives on the internet don’t want you to know. A year into his second presidency, Donald Trump has lost the country. 'The majority of voters believe the country is worse off today than it was a year ago.'"
~ Ross Douthat
#Trump #ApprovalRating #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #cruelty #murder #executions #economy
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https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010684773/trump-has-lost-the-country.html
Quixoticgeek
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I call bullshit. I believe #crypto crashing is *good* for the #economy and the only people hurt by cryto flatlining are a small number of terrible people who deserve it and a whole mess of idiots who didn't listen when we told them over and over and over…
> If Bitcoin Keeps Tanking, It Could Cause a “Death Spiral” for the Entire Economy. https://futurism.com/future-society/bitcoin-tanking-death-spiral
Michael Burry might be right about crypto selloff effects on the market, but if it does cause a crash? It's simply that final straw…
I call bullshit. I believe #crypto crashing is *good* for the #economy and the only people hurt by cryto flatlining are a small number of terrible people who deserve it and a whole mess of idiots who didn't listen when we told them over and over and over…
> If Bitcoin Keeps Tanking, It Could Cause a “Death Spiral” for the Entire Economy. https://futurism.com/future-society/bitcoin-tanking-death-spiral
Michael Burry might be right about crypto selloff effects on the market, but if it does cause a crash? It's simply that final straw…
Japan's foreign exchange fund special account is attracting attention as a possible source of funding for consumption tax reduction or elimination proposed by many parties ahead of Sunday’s general election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/04/economy/forex-fund-special-account-tax-cuts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #forex #currencies #taxes #2026lowerhouseelection #bonds
Changes must be made across a wide range of settings to overcome deeply rooted gender roles and achieve gender equality, Rengo head Tomoko Yoshino said in an interview. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/04/economy/rengo-head-gender-equality/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #rengo #unions #women039sissues #jobs
Xi’s directive establishes a socialist financial architecture where capital serves production rather than speculation. Rejecting Western financialization that concentrates wealth during crises the CPC uses the Eight Upholds to subordinate finance to national goals. China’s ascent to global industrial dominance proves that a socialist command economy is a superior alternative to neoliberal capitalism.
https://dialecticaldispatches.substack.com/p/financial-development-with-chinese
Exports of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and food totaled ¥1.7 trillion in 2025, up 12.8% from the preceding year and hitting a record high for the 13th straight year, the agriculture ministry has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/03/economy/agricultural-forestry-fishery-exports/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #agriculture #forests #fishing #us #tariffs #donaldtrump #maff #hongkong #taiwan #china
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi wasn’t specifically highlighting the benefits of a weak yen over the weekend. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/03/economy/japan-finance-minister-yen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #yen #forex #satsukikatayama #sanaetakaichi #japaneseeconomy
The first-ever permanent outdoor park based on the popular franchise Pokemon is set to open its door on Thursday in western Tokyo as a new tourism attraction expected to draw in visitors at home and abroad. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/02/economy/pokepark-kanto-opening-soon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #pokeparkkanto #pokemon #themeparks
Any AG Econ101 student could tell you that NE Gov Pillen's🚨plan to INTIMIDATE & SCATE AWAY NE’s undoc #immigrants wasn't a good idea. Setting aside pleas for compassion & basic human decency🚨-could he lift the #ICE gas pedal to salvage NE’s #economy, WF/tax base?
Like countless NE farmers, IMM AG workers, Quicksteak’s G Rohwer,🚨TEARS STREAMED DOWN MY FACE. Surely, it'd not get this bad before enough of Trump’s minions snapped out of their zombie-sleep-walk.
READ:
#USPol
https://medium.com/thought-thinkers/the-last-wisp-of-the-electoral-vortex-6adb3137a6d5
U.S. container imports ended 2025 in a four-month skid that’s likely to lengthen this year as trade shifts to other economies to avoid U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/02/economy/us-container-growth-world-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #shipping #us #donaldtrump #republicans #trade #tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump said he thinks Kevin Warsh, his pick to head the Federal Reserve, should have no trouble winning confirmation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/01/economy/trump-fed-warsh-democrats/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #federalreserve #us #globaleconomy #donaldtrump #congress #kevinwarsh #democrats #republicans
"''I don't want to drive housing prices down,' he said — as seen in the admittedly off-putting animation above. 'I want to drive housing prices up for people who own homes.'
You don't need to be a stable genius to understand where the winners and losers are in this scenario."
~ Philip Bump
