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“Here are some of his plans for cracking down on immigration, directing the Justice Department to prosecute his adversaries, increasing presidential power, upending America’s economic policies, retreating militarily from Europe and unilaterally deploying troops to Democratic-run cities.” Fonte: The New York Times Autore: Charlie Savage, Jonathan Swan, and Maggie Haberman Link: If Trump Wins

“Even CEOs such as JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon and Bank of America’s Brian Moynihan, who historically avoid making endorsements, have shown signs of warming to Trump’s policies or spoken out about Biden’s.” Fonte: The Wall Street Journal Autore: Cara Lombardo, Dana Mattioli and Alexander Saeedy Link: Top CEOs Are Flocking to Trump Again in Bid […]

“Of all the potential means of his undoing that Trump has contemplated this week, decapitation seems the most likely. In MAGA world, losing one’s head is a frequent occupational hazard.” Fonte: The Washington Post Autore: Dana Milbank Link: You have no idea how hard it is to be Donald Trump

“But that pattern of start-ups innovating, growing and leapfrogging incumbents seems to have stopped. The tech giants are old. Each was founded more than 20 years ago — Apple and Microsoft in the 1970s, Amazon and Google in the 1990s, and Facebook in 2004. Why has no new competitor emerged to disrupt the market?” Fonte: […]

“The new predictions marked a significant change from the Federal Open Market Committee’s last “dot plot” in March, when officials signalled three cuts this year — and showed lingering concerns that inflation remains above the Fed’s 2 per cent target.” Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Claire Jones and Kate Duguid Link: Fed officials signal just one […]

“Generally speaking, people don’t feel bad about their financial situation. Survey after survey, including the just-released annual Federal Reserve survey of economic well-being, finds most Americans say that they are doing OK. Many are positive about their local economies — that is, what they can see personally. Yet they insist that the national economy is […]

“Over the past four years, we’ve conducted interviews and surveys with hundreds of young Americans about their attitudes toward having children. These conversations revealed that the success narratives of modern liberal life leave little room for having a family. Women who want kids often come to that realization belatedly, at some point in their early […]

“Macron could argue that in France’s vertical political system, where the president holds most of the power, an RN government would not do much damage to the country or to the EU. To many people in France and elsewhere in the EU, it looks like a desperate throw of the dice.” Fonte: Financial Times Autore: […]

“Non posso preoccuparmi di quale partito sia al potere, il nostro compito è lavorare con tutti. Ma non c’è dubbio che il populismo sia inflazionistico. Il populismo riguarda l’oggi, non il domani. Invece, a BlackRock ci preoccupiamo del futuro e della crescita a lungo termine. Sono stato a Milano per la prima volta nel 1971. […]

“So, what have the past few years taught us? We have learnt that people in high-income democracies still really dislike inflation, so this monetary regime appears to have considerable political legitimacy. There is a parallel here with the “end of history” argument made about liberal democracy after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989: […]