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A TLR reader has noted that in a September interview, The Financial Times reported that Ray Dalio echoed the conclusions reached by TLR in its August 30th commentary, “King Donald.”Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player...
“Russia is winning the Ukraine War. What will Russia’s victory mean?” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated his intention to achieve total victory over Ukraine. He will not discuss a ceasefire (yet alone a peace...
“Stagflation is not a four-letter word.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... “Stagflation” is not necessarily a bad thing. It can be benign. It denotes a combination of slower-than looked-for GDP growth coupled with a higher-than-desired level of inflation. Given...
“Or how I learned to stop worrying and love ‘state capture.’” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... President Trump first posted his “King Donald” image in February, the caption reading “LONG LIVE THE KING!” The image was more than a...
“It’s paradigm-shifting ‘Trump Change.’” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Matt Levine wrote several months ago that “the current economic policy of the United States is apparently to cause maximum chaos by announcing drastic changes in the global economic order
“Although capital historically has dominated labor in America, labor began reasserting itself in the 21st Century when the Trump Administration encouraged onshoring and erected tariff barriers, a trend that was accelerated by COVID and pro-labor Biden Administration policies.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text
“Today, the global face of freedom and democracy is Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine. That face used to be America’s President.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Volodymyr Zelensky’s March 16th speech to Congress underscored America’s foundational tenets of
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