Prof. Richard A. Werner. Empirical, fact-based economics. Retweets not an endorsement or agreement. Likes are merely bookmarks. See also @professorwerner

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Virtually all economics since Ricardo been based on equilibrium paradigm.Key corollary: thesis that lower interest rates lead to higher economic growth. 1st empirical test of all classical,neoclassical,Keynesian, post-Keynesian, monetarist,new class econ: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Organ harvesting and the related human trafficking and murders are despicable crimes. Organs can only be extracted for transplant from the living, who then due painfully after vital organs had been cut out, usually without proper anesthetic so as kit to burden the organs and reduce the street value.
Organs on the move is? How many people know that the husband of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen holds a senior position in an international biotechnology company involved in processing human cells, tissues and pancreatic material for transplantation? And how many know that this company has longstanding biotechnology operations and research relationships in Israel? These are not simply rumours circulating on social media. The corporate relationships are documented in American regulatory filings and the company’s own announcements. kateshemirani1.substack.com/…
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Richard Werner retweeted
Europe is preparing for the final war, and its governments are telling citizens to get ready for major disruption. 🇬🇧 UK: 3 days of water, food, torch, radio and cash 🇪🇺 EU: 72 hours of supplies for every citizen 🇩🇪 Germany: 10 days. Public bunkers for less than 1% of the people. Every 18-year-old man now gets a military questionnaire. 🇫🇷 France: a 20-page survival guide 🇸🇪 Sweden: "If Crisis or War Comes" booklets sent to 5 million homes Meanwhile, the wealthy are buying $50,000 places in nuclear-hardened shelters and turning Cold War missile silos into luxury bunkers. They locked you down in 2020. Now they tell you to stock up for war. So ask yourself: when it comes, who goes to the front line, and who goes underground? The people they ignored for years are the ones they will ask to fight. They get the bunkers. You get the front line.
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This low-ranking CIA agent confirmed my tweet by blocking me.
Replying to @eeldenden
Says the low-ranking CIA agent tasked with selling US energy at 5 times the price of Russian energy to Europe.
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This is what our politicians want. That's why they're still flying and shipping them in by the thousands. Then they lie and claim it's due to Russia!! Like Brussels dictator Layen
They come by boat to toss pregnant women off the bus
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In addition to Russia holding referenda and the local Russian-speaking population unsurprisingly voting to leave the Kiev regime that had bombed them since 2014 and had banned the Russian language.
When NATO can break away Kosovo from Serbia, then Russia can break away Ukrainian Regions - George Yeo, Singapore’s former foreign minister NATO attacked Serbia (without Serbia attacking NATO) and set a precedent. Russia is doing the same, Yeo implied.
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Der Staat kann also innerhalb kürzester Zeit 10.000 Bußgeldverfahren wegen unausgefüllter Bundeswehr-Fragebögen einleiten, per Haftbefehl gesuchten Schwerverbrechern aber das Bürgergeld nicht abdrehen. Wir werden für dumm verkauft.
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Unbelievable hypocrisy. This Eurocrat-Commissar-dictator has forced many European countries to import hundreds of thousands, even millions of migrants from outside the EU in recent years. And now she says it was Russia forcing such damaging policies on Europe.
The EU between 1993 - 2025 “Diversity is our Greatest Strength” The EU in 2026 “Russia has Weaponised Migration against Europe” You all see the problem right?
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What delusional nonsense. Having ruined Germany, German chancellor Merz now claims the problem is "Russia influencing German society"!
'My biggest concern is not our economy, not the EU, not America, not China, my biggest concern is the impact of Russia on our society' — Germany's Merz
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The top ten countries are heading towards extinction of their indigenous population.
Normalised ranking of the absolute migrant stock increases (2000–2024) by approximate 2026 population share.⁠ 1. Ireland 15.7% (+0.84M @ 5.36M) 2. Austria 15.4% (+1.4M @ 9.11M) 3. Switzerland 14.4% (+1.3M @ 9.01M) 4. Spain 14.2% (+6.8M @ 47.85M) 5. Norway 12.7% (+0.72M @ 5.65M) 6. Sweden 12.1% (+1.3M @ 10.70M) 7. Belgium 11.0% (+1.3M @ 11.77M) 8. UK 10.2% (+7.1M @ 69.93M) 9. Denmark 7.9% (+0.475M @ 6.02M) 10. Germany 7.7% (+6.4M @ 83.64M) 11. Netherlands 7.6% (+1.4M @ 18.45M) 12. Italy 7.5% (+4.4M @ 58.93M) 13. Finland 6.7% (+0.378M @ 5.62M) 14. Türkiye 6.6% (+5.8M @ 87.93M) 15. Portugal 4.6% (+0.476M @ 10.40M) 16. France 4.5% (+3.0M @ 66.75M) 17. Hungary 4.1% (+0.393M @ 9.59M) 18. Czechia 3.7% (+0.386M @ 10.53M) 19. Romania 2.8% (+0.521M @ 18.80M) 20. Poland 2.4% (+0.917M @ 37.84M) The original absolute ranking (from the @stats_feed post / matching UN DESA-derived figures) is re-ranked here by the size of each country’s increase as a percentage of its ~2026 total population. Populations are approximate mid/early-2026 figures drawn from consistent UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) elaborations (e.g., Worldometer and related sources). Increases are the rounded figures from the source post. Notes and caveats This is the 2000–2024 change in resident international migrant stock (UN DESA definition, which can include refugees, asylum seekers, and naturalised persons depending on national data) expressed as a share of recent total population. It is not the current migrant share of the population, nor the percentage growth of the migrant stock itself (the latter ranking, from the same data, is led by much smaller countries such as Malta).⁠Visualcapitalist Populations are approximate; different sources (national statistical offices vs. UN projections) differ by small margins. Using 2024 or 2025 figures would shift the percentages only modestly. Absolute totals are the rounded values published in the source post (exact UN DESA figures are available in the underlying dataset and closely match). The top of the absolute ranking (UK, Spain, Germany) falls to mid-table once size is controlled for; several smaller countries rise because the same absolute numbers represent a larger relative change. Sources for the absolute increases: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024 (via the original post and contemporaneous analyses). Population denominators: UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium-variant elaborations for ~2026.
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This is to show us where central bank digital currency (the digital euro, the digital pound, the digital yen) are heading.
🇬🇧 UK TAX AUTHORITY RESUMES DIRECT SEIZURES FROM BANK ACCOUNTS HMRC has reinstated powers suspended during the pandemic that allow it to recover unpaid taxes directly from individuals’ and businesses’ bank accounts without obtaining a court order. The policy, restarted in a “test and learn” phase in 2025, applies to tax debts of £1,000 or more and allows HMRC to withdraw funds from current accounts and cash ISAs. Safeguards include: • A minimum of £5,000 must remain in the debtor’s accounts. • HMRC must make a face-to-face visit before initiating recovery. • Debtors have 30 days to appeal before any funds are transferred. • Vulnerable individuals and those experiencing financial hardship may receive additional protections. The powers allow the government to compel banks and building societies to transfer funds directly to HMRC to settle outstanding tax liabilities.
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Richard Werner retweeted
New book out on 26th October. Order your copy now - links below!
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We have won some more time. The chicken central planners at the ECB have pushed out the introduction of the digital euro central bank digit control to January 2029, in time for their global reset of 2030 and war with Russia. Either due to military emergency or the brewing banking crisis in Germany, once introduced the screws will be tightened immediately. You will have lost control over all your money in eurozone banks and won't be able to switch it into assets outside the euro. The pilot will launch next year and has to be stopped. Last chance saloon. Time for demonstrations outside the ECB. Against totalitarianism, digital fascism and communist collectivisation & expropriation of assets. Which NGOs are on our side? Or are they ALL system shills?
The digital euro was a conspiracy theory for years. Now it has a launch date: January 1st, 2029. The European Central Bank confirmed it themselves. The pilot starts in 2027 and 36 payment companies are already building it. Still think it’s a conspiracy theory?
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Russia has been very patient in the face of lying and cheating US representatives.
Ex US Ambassador to Russia @McFaul admits he lied, and all US Diplomats lie, all the time. "Its the real world" British MI6 officer, deluded Russophobe and Polish foriegn minister @sikorskiradek can't help but laugh. They are all frauds.
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Richard Werner retweeted
Am 18. Mai 2025 griff der 35-jährige Syrer Mahmoud M. in Bielefeld vor der Bar „Cutie“ mehrere Menschen mit einem Messer an. Sein Ziel war, möglichst viele in seinen Augen „Ungläubige“ zu töten. Fünf Menschen wurden verletzt, vier davon schwer. Es ist dem damals 27-jährigen Chris S. zu verdanken, dass kein Mensch getötet wurde und es nicht noch mehr Verletzte gab. Er nahm den Angreifer in den Schwitzkasten und verhinderte so weitere Attacken. Chris S. bezahlte seine Heldentat beinah mit seinem Leben. Denn während er den Angreifer festhielt, stach dieser ihm zweimal mit dem Messer ins Bein. Zwei Liter Blut verlor Chris S., der nur durch eine Notoperation gerettet werden konnte. Sein Leben, wie er es vor der Tat hatte, ist vorbei. Zuvor war er als Werkstudent angestellt, heute ist er immer noch krankgeschrieben. Als Student erhält er kein Krankengeld, sein Studium kann er krankheitsbedingt nicht fortsetzen. In seinem erlernten Beruf als Einzelhandelskaufmann kann er auch nicht arbeiten. Mahmoud M. wurde im Prozess zur Zahlung von Schmerzensgeld in Höhe von 70.000 Euro an jedes Opfer verurteilt. Geld, das die Opfer natürlich nie sehen werden. Vom Staat erhielten Chris S. und die anderen Opfer jeweils 5.000 Euro Soforthilfe. 5.000 Euro. Über mögliche Opferrenten wurde bis heute, eineinhalb Jahre nach der Tat noch nicht entschieden. Die Anreise zum Prozess musste Chris S. selbst zahlen. Mahmoud M. hatte derweil vom Steuerzahler finanzierte Rundumversorgung, drei Dolmetscher, Anwälte, Therapien. Jetzt gab Chris S. der WELT ein Interview. Er beklagt zurecht, dass in Deutschland der Täterschutz über dem Opferschutz steht. An dieser Stelle Auszüge aus dem Artikel der WELT: „Chris S. sieht die Sache mit dem Schmerzensgeld ebenfalls nüchtern: „Ich wusste ja, dass er nicht zahlen kann. Ob er zu 5000 oder 2,5 Millionen Euro verurteilt wird, macht keinen Unterschied.“ Gleichzeitig empfinde er die fehlende Entschädigung als „deprimierend“. Das Attentat, das spätere Verfahren, die Inhaftierung des Täters, all das habe doch Kosten verursacht, sagt er kopfschüttelnd. „Wie viel dieser Mensch uns bisher gekostet hat, und wie viel er uns noch kosten wird!“ Er sehe da ein Ungleichgewicht, sagt der 27-Jährige. „Täterschutz steht über Opferschutz in diesem Land, das kann man ganz klar sagen.“ Für ihn fühle es sich ungerecht an, dass der Täter vom Steuerzahler bezahlte Anwälte und auch jederzeit Zugang zu therapeutischer Unterstützung hatte. Drei Übersetzer standen dauerhaft für Mahmoud M. bereit, zwei vor Gericht, einer für dessen Gespräche mit dem Anwalt. S. schüttelt nur den Kopf. „Zutiefst frustrierend“ sei das.“ Die Anwältin von Chris B. hat einen Spendenaufruf gestartet. Für Chris und drei weitere Opfer, die sie vertritt. Der Spendenaufruf ist auch im WELT-Artikel verlinkt. Ich teile den Link hier auch und möchte meine lieben Follower und Freunde hier bitten, wenn möglich, Chris B. und die anderen Opfer zu unterstützen. 100.000 Euro ist als Ziel angegeben. Von der Spendensumme erhält jedes Opfer denselben Anteil. Ich hoffe sehr, dass viele mitmachen damit Chris B. und die anderen Opfer, die den Horror überlebt haben, wenigstens finanziell etwas Last abgenommen wird. Hier der Spendenaufruf: gofundme.com/f/schmerzensgel… Hier der WELT-Artikel: welt.de/vermischtes/plus6ac5…
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Ousting a sitting Prime Minister, as the Bank of England did to Liz Truss, through its manipulation of the bond market and coordination of media spin, amounts to High Treason. When will this high treason be prosecuted? Oh, central banks are untouchable you say? Is this how it should be?
The book the Bank of England doesn't want you to read 👇
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Promising research in Russia.
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An interesting perspective on US foreign policy from China: The US bullies every country, except nuclear powers Russia, China and Israel, whose power structure its secret services are not controlling.
Zhang Weiwei, professor at Fudan University, to Yusuf Erim at the East-West Forum in Istanbul: "The world has entered the post-American, post-US world and post-Western world." How he gets there > > "from Chinese point of view, we think United States have been making strategic mistakes all the time" > taking Maduro: "I call a tactical victory, but strategic disaster" > the US security report "shows due respect to China and Russia", yet Washington "is ready to bullying all other countries except Israel" > Iran: "a middle power like Iran, if it's determined", can push the US to the point "it cannot do much about it" > "a watershed of United States power going down sharply" > "NATO plus Ukraine cannot defeat Russia. United States cannot defeat Iran", and it "already lost trade war with China, lost tech war" Big powers get respect. Everyone else gets pressure. That is why the rest are hedging. Be informed. Not entertained.
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Time to boycott Cadbury's.
I was reading that Cadbury's parent company is partnering with an Israeli biotech company and testing cell cultured cocoa butter. That's kind of enough for me to stop buying any commercial branded 'chocolate'. Does anyone know any niche brands that actually make real chocolate?
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Richard Werner retweeted
Donald Trump and Nancy Pelosi agree on one thing. They’re buying the same stock. Both are in Vistra, the power company behind the nuclear and gas plants that run AI data centers. Buy the stock, push the legislation, cash in. The fighting on TV is just the show. Two wings of the same bird, and you lose either way.
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German and Chinese leaders are glad today that they took their various policies and delivered the desired results.
It’s funny cause it’s true
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