Jakob 家豪
@jak0bh.bsky.social
PhD student at Taipei School of Economics, NTHU
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It follows that Trump leaked the most market-moving economic numbers that exist.
I have no idea how illegal this is, or if the law even matters any more.
But I do know this: It's unprecedented. No White House has ever before leaked such important market-moving numbers. No serious country does this
I have no idea how illegal this is, or if the law even matters any more.
But I do know this: It's unprecedented. No White House has ever before leaked such important market-moving numbers. No serious country does this
January 9, 2026 at 3:40 PM
It follows that Trump leaked the most market-moving economic numbers that exist.
I have no idea how illegal this is, or if the law even matters any more.
But I do know this: It's unprecedented. No White House has ever before leaked such important market-moving numbers. No serious country does this
I have no idea how illegal this is, or if the law even matters any more.
But I do know this: It's unprecedented. No White House has ever before leaked such important market-moving numbers. No serious country does this
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Immerhin, es wird aufwändiger. Schröder kam noch freiwillig.
January 4, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Immerhin, es wird aufwändiger. Schröder kam noch freiwillig.
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Time for late Friday evening Europosting
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Time for late Friday evening Europosting
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Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
January 4, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
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"Wir ändern das Grundgesetz, um Schulden zu ermöglichen, und haben wegen sinnloser Wahlgeschenke sechs Monate später wieder eine Haushaltskrise, das kann man dem Land nicht erklären." (€)
IfW-Ökonom Schularick über die Krise der deutschen Wirtschaft
Der Ökonom Moritz Schularick sagt, warum Deutschland zu sehr auf die Autoindustrie hofft, was bei den Verteidigungsausgaben schiefläuft und wie aus der Krise eine Chance werden kann.
www.faz.net
December 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
"Wir ändern das Grundgesetz, um Schulden zu ermöglichen, und haben wegen sinnloser Wahlgeschenke sechs Monate später wieder eine Haushaltskrise, das kann man dem Land nicht erklären." (€)
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DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.
December 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.
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Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.
December 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.
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UPDATE: in point of fact there is not an innocent explanation for this.
December 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
UPDATE: in point of fact there is not an innocent explanation for this.
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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Oooh I have some fun material here. One of the things HKers did to support the paper financially was to buy up classified ads, which became a whole new genre of soft-protest. A small thread -
A reminder that "Apple Daily" had difficulty getting advertisers because Leung Chun-ying pressured companies to not advertise in the pro-democracy newspaper when he was Chief Executive of Hong Kong.
In 2019, #AppleDaily implemented a subscription model, which peaked at 800,000 subscribers within 3 months. At a monthly fee of HK$50, this translates to HK$40,000,000 in monthly revenue, enough to cover operating costs & repay debts to #JimmyLai . #HongKong
pulsehknews.com/apple_202512...
pulsehknews.com/apple_202512...
December 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Oooh I have some fun material here. One of the things HKers did to support the paper financially was to buy up classified ads, which became a whole new genre of soft-protest. A small thread -
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
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It sounds like the most deranged Latin American caricature of yankee imperialism come to life. It would be comical if it weren’t serious.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
It sounds like the most deranged Latin American caricature of yankee imperialism come to life. It would be comical if it weren’t serious.
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"Foreign journalists can hardly gain access to Xinjiang. But, good for me I can." With these words Guan Heng starts his documentary providing crucial evidence of mass incarcerations of muslim minorities in Xinjiang, China. He had to flee to the US.
ICE arrested him. A threat to his life.
ICE arrested him. A threat to his life.
December 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
"Foreign journalists can hardly gain access to Xinjiang. But, good for me I can." With these words Guan Heng starts his documentary providing crucial evidence of mass incarcerations of muslim minorities in Xinjiang, China. He had to flee to the US.
ICE arrested him. A threat to his life.
ICE arrested him. A threat to his life.
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Autos werden auf so vielen Ebenen subventioniert. Auch deshalb sind Mieten so hoch. Etwa der Zwang, Stellplätze bereitzustellen. Super Artikel von Caterina Lobenstein in der ZEIT
December 13, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Autos werden auf so vielen Ebenen subventioniert. Auch deshalb sind Mieten so hoch. Etwa der Zwang, Stellplätze bereitzustellen. Super Artikel von Caterina Lobenstein in der ZEIT
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December 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Btw guys the transcript of the Witkoff phone call really is much worse than you think and I do think you should share it with literally everyone you know
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Btw guys the transcript of the Witkoff phone call really is much worse than you think and I do think you should share it with literally everyone you know
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“Es gab viele Russlandversteher, aber zu wenige, die etwas von Russland verstanden” (Karl Schlögel)
October 20, 2025 at 6:18 AM
“Es gab viele Russlandversteher, aber zu wenige, die etwas von Russland verstanden” (Karl Schlögel)
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1/Richter Dariusz Lubowski zum deutschen Auslieferungsgesuch: Nord Stream war ein legitimes militärisches Ziel. „Die Zerstörung russischer Gaspipelines und die Entziehung von Milliarden Euro vom Feind durch Deutschland haben eine tiefgreifende militärische Bedeutung, da sie das
October 19, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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1/Richter Dariusz Lubowski zum deutschen Auslieferungsgesuch: Nord Stream war ein legitimes militärisches Ziel. „Die Zerstörung russischer Gaspipelines und die Entziehung von Milliarden Euro vom Feind durch Deutschland haben eine tiefgreifende militärische Bedeutung, da sie das
October 19, 2025 at 6:17 AM
1/Richter Dariusz Lubowski zum deutschen Auslieferungsgesuch: Nord Stream war ein legitimes militärisches Ziel. „Die Zerstörung russischer Gaspipelines und die Entziehung von Milliarden Euro vom Feind durch Deutschland haben eine tiefgreifende militärische Bedeutung, da sie das
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Small reminder that whilst rare earths are a key chokehold, the cost of doing industrial policy to build European capacity - from uptake guarantees to price floors - should be within the realm of the reasonable.
It’s not a massive market in dollar terms, just an important one.
It’s not a massive market in dollar terms, just an important one.
October 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Small reminder that whilst rare earths are a key chokehold, the cost of doing industrial policy to build European capacity - from uptake guarantees to price floors - should be within the realm of the reasonable.
It’s not a massive market in dollar terms, just an important one.
It’s not a massive market in dollar terms, just an important one.