Marat Markert
@maratmarkert.bsky.social
Interested in Money, Monetary Policy, Central Banks, EU Politics...and tips on how to land kickflips before I retire
The neofunctionalism i learned about during my BA sounded much more...noble. Here the previous integration step that creates pressure to integrate further seems to be: fiscal austerity and the wish to create a deep, liquid government bond market for repos and monetary policy transmission.
February 14, 2026 at 6:51 AM
The neofunctionalism i learned about during my BA sounded much more...noble. Here the previous integration step that creates pressure to integrate further seems to be: fiscal austerity and the wish to create a deep, liquid government bond market for repos and monetary policy transmission.
😩 that screenshot was incomplete.
According to what theory would one expect bitcoin going up when it's premised on a networked world to exist?
According to what theory would one expect bitcoin going up when it's premised on a networked world to exist?
February 6, 2026 at 2:23 PM
😩 that screenshot was incomplete.
According to what theory would one expect bitcoin going up when it's premised on a networked world to exist?
According to what theory would one expect bitcoin going up when it's premised on a networked world to exist?
You think a "networked world" slowly dissolving and recomposing into regional hubs would have no influence on an asset that is premised on ...a "networked world"?
February 5, 2026 at 4:11 PM
You think a "networked world" slowly dissolving and recomposing into regional hubs would have no influence on an asset that is premised on ...a "networked world"?
Seems part of the implosion of the btc bubble has to do w/ liquidations by comps imitating Strategy's bitcoin hoard idea: to buy back the shares or make investors whole, they are selling bitcoins, creating a feedback loop that causes the btc price to fall further and thus forcing more liquidations
February 4, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Seems part of the implosion of the btc bubble has to do w/ liquidations by comps imitating Strategy's bitcoin hoard idea: to buy back the shares or make investors whole, they are selling bitcoins, creating a feedback loop that causes the btc price to fall further and thus forcing more liquidations
Waarom "talent"? Als je vaardigheden leert, dan is het leerproces belangrijk, niet talent.
(en hoe onderwijs hier onderschikt wordt aan de economie is ook bizar. maar goed, dat was bij deze neoliberale club te verwachten)
(en hoe onderwijs hier onderschikt wordt aan de economie is ook bizar. maar goed, dat was bij deze neoliberale club te verwachten)
January 30, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Waarom "talent"? Als je vaardigheden leert, dan is het leerproces belangrijk, niet talent.
(en hoe onderwijs hier onderschikt wordt aan de economie is ook bizar. maar goed, dat was bij deze neoliberale club te verwachten)
(en hoe onderwijs hier onderschikt wordt aan de economie is ook bizar. maar goed, dat was bij deze neoliberale club te verwachten)
France/Germany: Europe needs to defend itself, can't rely on US anymore
Trump: Europe needs to defend itself, it can't rely on the US anymore.
....
Rutte: haha, ja, nee, gaat niet gebeuren zonder de Amerikanen, vergeet het maar.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Trump: Europe needs to defend itself, it can't rely on the US anymore.
....
Rutte: haha, ja, nee, gaat niet gebeuren zonder de Amerikanen, vergeet het maar.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
January 27, 2026 at 10:03 AM
France/Germany: Europe needs to defend itself, can't rely on US anymore
Trump: Europe needs to defend itself, it can't rely on the US anymore.
....
Rutte: haha, ja, nee, gaat niet gebeuren zonder de Amerikanen, vergeet het maar.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Trump: Europe needs to defend itself, it can't rely on the US anymore.
....
Rutte: haha, ja, nee, gaat niet gebeuren zonder de Amerikanen, vergeet het maar.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
What is it with Bild Zeitung and its periodically recurring obsession to urge other countries to sell their territories to appease bullies?
January 21, 2026 at 12:56 PM
What is it with Bild Zeitung and its periodically recurring obsession to urge other countries to sell their territories to appease bullies?
Everything but our exports.
January 19, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Everything but our exports.
Looking at this and the Hungarian response, the common denominator in otherwise totally different regimes is their growth models that are totally dependent on "external enablers".
January 19, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Looking at this and the Hungarian response, the common denominator in otherwise totally different regimes is their growth models that are totally dependent on "external enablers".
It gets wilder than that:
- voting in this new "UN-like" organization by majority, subject to approval by chairman (trump)
- the fund will be controlled by Trump
- the fund is meant for rebuilding Gaza, "almost every dollar will go to that end"
Not even hiding the fraud-to-be-committed anymore.
- voting in this new "UN-like" organization by majority, subject to approval by chairman (trump)
- the fund will be controlled by Trump
- the fund is meant for rebuilding Gaza, "almost every dollar will go to that end"
Not even hiding the fraud-to-be-committed anymore.
January 18, 2026 at 8:09 AM
It gets wilder than that:
- voting in this new "UN-like" organization by majority, subject to approval by chairman (trump)
- the fund will be controlled by Trump
- the fund is meant for rebuilding Gaza, "almost every dollar will go to that end"
Not even hiding the fraud-to-be-committed anymore.
- voting in this new "UN-like" organization by majority, subject to approval by chairman (trump)
- the fund will be controlled by Trump
- the fund is meant for rebuilding Gaza, "almost every dollar will go to that end"
Not even hiding the fraud-to-be-committed anymore.
🧐 the debt-outlook is certainly more than just changes in debt-gdp ratios, but this graph is a bit misleading. In light of the overall debt/GDP ratios for Italy and France (136% and 117% respectively), projected changes (-1.5pp & 1pp respectively) are minuscule...essentially indicating no change.
January 16, 2026 at 12:44 PM
🧐 the debt-outlook is certainly more than just changes in debt-gdp ratios, but this graph is a bit misleading. In light of the overall debt/GDP ratios for Italy and France (136% and 117% respectively), projected changes (-1.5pp & 1pp respectively) are minuscule...essentially indicating no change.
Is a cap on bonusses really an impediment for Co's to find talented personnel? What aspects of a "business environment" do companies actually value? Survey results from gov's own think tank (SEO) suggest that finding "talented personnel" is not an issue, predictability and stability of policy is.
January 16, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Is a cap on bonusses really an impediment for Co's to find talented personnel? What aspects of a "business environment" do companies actually value? Survey results from gov's own think tank (SEO) suggest that finding "talented personnel" is not an issue, predictability and stability of policy is.
Even copying trump style in incoherently stitching together answers and low-key insulting journalists while doing it.
January 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Even copying trump style in incoherently stitching together answers and low-key insulting journalists while doing it.
People run with the narrative Exxon doesn't want to invest in Venezuela. But if you read the whole statement, it sounds more like they are looking for de-risking and thus help from the US gov (financial and otherwise).
January 12, 2026 at 3:13 PM
People run with the narrative Exxon doesn't want to invest in Venezuela. But if you read the whole statement, it sounds more like they are looking for de-risking and thus help from the US gov (financial and otherwise).
Even the austerity cheerleaders say that this is a risk (though I presume they think this is good)
archive.ph/RbPXy
archive.ph/RbPXy
January 9, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Even the austerity cheerleaders say that this is a risk (though I presume they think this is good)
archive.ph/RbPXy
archive.ph/RbPXy
"Ik had van [links] meer empathie verwacht"
January 8, 2026 at 5:46 PM
"Ik had van [links] meer empathie verwacht"
Merz feuert Bürochef weil der kein Ökonom ist - es fehlt an "Wirtschaftswissen im direkten Umfeld".
Der logische Nachfolger ist also ein...Jurist.
Ordo is alive and kicking in good ol Germany.
Der logische Nachfolger ist also ein...Jurist.
Ordo is alive and kicking in good ol Germany.
January 5, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Merz feuert Bürochef weil der kein Ökonom ist - es fehlt an "Wirtschaftswissen im direkten Umfeld".
Der logische Nachfolger ist also ein...Jurist.
Ordo is alive and kicking in good ol Germany.
Der logische Nachfolger ist also ein...Jurist.
Ordo is alive and kicking in good ol Germany.
All that simping didn't pay off
January 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
All that simping didn't pay off
Made in USA
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Brought to life in the USA
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Okay, overpriced second hand iphone it is
👇
Brought to life in the USA
👇
Okay, overpriced second hand iphone it is
December 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Made in USA
👇
Brought to life in the USA
👇
Okay, overpriced second hand iphone it is
👇
Brought to life in the USA
👇
Okay, overpriced second hand iphone it is
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, Soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains
December 30, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, Soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains
It's all about the "right incentives"
December 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It's all about the "right incentives"
Not a cultural studies reader, but devoured this book over the last week. As someone coming of age in 2000 this was particularly interesting as most of the pop artists mentioned in it are familiar and indeed...it's the same folks that have been around already 15+ years ago.
December 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Not a cultural studies reader, but devoured this book over the last week. As someone coming of age in 2000 this was particularly interesting as most of the pop artists mentioned in it are familiar and indeed...it's the same folks that have been around already 15+ years ago.
LLM was fed by all the text data available, and spews out this. This means that in the texts it was trained on, this was one of the most commonly invoked strategy for CDS sellers?
Oh dear.
Oh dear.
December 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
LLM was fed by all the text data available, and spews out this. This means that in the texts it was trained on, this was one of the most commonly invoked strategy for CDS sellers?
Oh dear.
Oh dear.
