Another depiction if the circularity of capital flows between OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia, CoreWeave, AMD, and Oracle.
October 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Another depiction if the circularity of capital flows between OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia, CoreWeave, AMD, and Oracle.
In *Capital in the 21st Century*, Thomas Piketty and his students analyzed painstakingly assembled records of 300 years' worth of capital flows, showing that wealth tends to pool in the hands of the already-wealthy.
October 3, 2026 at 12:24 PM
In *Capital in the 21st Century*, Thomas Piketty and his students analyzed painstakingly assembled records of 300 years' worth of capital flows, showing that wealth tends to pool in the hands of the already-wealthy.
The switch back of capital flows to low-income developing countries has been wrenching.
May 2, 2026 at 12:40 PM
The switch back of capital flows to low-income developing countries has been wrenching.
But the rational approach to capital flows would a) deny GOP donors their enormous tax cut and b) oblige President Trump to do some real work instead of insulting and abusing people. So the seemingly smart concern for capital flows leads to stupid policy: tariffs
April 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
But the rational approach to capital flows would a) deny GOP donors their enormous tax cut and b) oblige President Trump to do some real work instead of insulting and abusing people. So the seemingly smart concern for capital flows leads to stupid policy: tariffs
So much of their power flows from the way people quietly bow out of their way, forcing them to expend essentially no political capital to shred vital and popular institutions. And then, having done so, they look even stronger, and it’s even easier next time.
August 28, 2025 at 1:35 AM
So much of their power flows from the way people quietly bow out of their way, forcing them to expend essentially no political capital to shred vital and popular institutions. And then, having done so, they look even stronger, and it’s even easier next time.
This is why it’s not like 2020 and the Covid response. Capital flows etc all stopped at once - but were not destroyed. You can’t just turn back on destroyed infrastructure
Six fuel ships bound for Australia cancelled as Bowen concedes ‘flow of oil to Asian refineries has slowed’
Six fuel ships bound for Australia cancelled as Bowen concedes ‘flow of oil to Asian refineries has slowed’
Energy minister says war on Iran creating ‘uncertain environment’ but insists government doing ‘all the preparatory work’
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Six oil ships bound for Australia have been cancelled in recent days but the federal government is not yet considering any drastic measures, the energy minister, Chris Bowen, says.
Bowen said on Sunday that six ships from Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea, that had been expected to arrive next month, were cancelled or deferred. The federal government was working to replace the ships, with some already substituted, the minister told ABC TV. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is why it’s not like 2020 and the Covid response. Capital flows etc all stopped at once - but were not destroyed. You can’t just turn back on destroyed infrastructure
the "don't talk to me" theory of venture capital: silicon valley money flows into whatever business promises to remove any human interaction- a cab driver, a waiter, a delivery driver, now a personal secretary- whom a rich guy might be forced to acknowledge as a person
May 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
the "don't talk to me" theory of venture capital: silicon valley money flows into whatever business promises to remove any human interaction- a cab driver, a waiter, a delivery driver, now a personal secretary- whom a rich guy might be forced to acknowledge as a person
My brother in Christ, reindustrialization is based on international capital flows, not dumbass ideas to move down the value chain by turning colleges into vocational schools. You do realize that modern industry is almost always *high* skilled automation?
Read your Michael Pettis, you utter clown.
Read your Michael Pettis, you utter clown.
No reindustrialising? Our academic institutions are a part of the problem, overproducing elites and funnelling them into bullshit unproductive jobs. Half the universities need to close or become vocational colleges. You didn't even mention productivity.
Brexit is in the past. That ship has sailed.
Brexit is in the past. That ship has sailed.
Well, for one, the UK has a highly competitive higher education sector that is closely tied to innovation, and yet the past set of governments don't value academic institutions as value producers.
The other part is leaving the EU has basically damaged the British ability to trade goods...
The other part is leaving the EU has basically damaged the British ability to trade goods...
December 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
My brother in Christ, reindustrialization is based on international capital flows, not dumbass ideas to move down the value chain by turning colleges into vocational schools. You do realize that modern industry is almost always *high* skilled automation?
Read your Michael Pettis, you utter clown.
Read your Michael Pettis, you utter clown.
SPACEX AND XAI MERGER PREMISED ON CAPITAL FLOWS FOR AI STARTUP, SOURCES SAY -- WSJ
February 6, 2026 at 3:41 AM
SPACEX AND XAI MERGER PREMISED ON CAPITAL FLOWS FOR AI STARTUP, SOURCES SAY -- WSJ
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio warns Trump’s actions could lead to economic disaster for the US.
Ray Dalio fears 'capital wars' could follow Trump's actions with countries dumping U.S. assets
Dalio said history offers multiple examples of similar episodes in which economic conflict escalated beyond trade into capital flows and currency disputes.
www.cnbc.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio warns Trump’s actions could lead to economic disaster for the US.
🛤 The key innovation of recent weeks is the intensification of strikes on the Russian railway infrastructure, - Conflict Capital
From July 19 to August 5, 12 hits were recorded, affecting hub stations and junctions through which the main flows of military cargo go to Crimea, Donbas, and Caucasus.
From July 19 to August 5, 12 hits were recorded, affecting hub stations and junctions through which the main flows of military cargo go to Crimea, Donbas, and Caucasus.
August 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🛤 The key innovation of recent weeks is the intensification of strikes on the Russian railway infrastructure, - Conflict Capital
From July 19 to August 5, 12 hits were recorded, affecting hub stations and junctions through which the main flows of military cargo go to Crimea, Donbas, and Caucasus.
From July 19 to August 5, 12 hits were recorded, affecting hub stations and junctions through which the main flows of military cargo go to Crimea, Donbas, and Caucasus.
Trump you're scaring the (capital) flows
March 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Trump you're scaring the (capital) flows
I’m a firm believer in the necessity of capital controls on vast and undemocratic financial flows.
Nowhere are they needed more urgently than the sphere of political financing…
This survey is a start down that path…
Nowhere are they needed more urgently than the sphere of political financing…
This survey is a start down that path…
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I’m a firm believer in the necessity of capital controls on vast and undemocratic financial flows.
Nowhere are they needed more urgently than the sphere of political financing…
This survey is a start down that path…
Nowhere are they needed more urgently than the sphere of political financing…
This survey is a start down that path…
Japan has emerged as a prime destination for global investors as the trade war triggers a reassessment of capital flows into the US
Pimco Sees Japan Wooing Capital as Tariffs Spur Diversification
Japan has emerged as a prime destination for global investors as the trade war triggers a reassessment of capital flows into the US, according to Pacific Investment Management Co.
bloom.bg
July 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Japan has emerged as a prime destination for global investors as the trade war triggers a reassessment of capital flows into the US
A US automaker cuts jobs in Germany. A Chinese battery maker expands. The reversal in global capital flows is reshaping the world economy.
US and China Flip the Global Script as Capital Flows Reverse
As the US draws back, China is again dispersing capital globally, leading the rest of the world to confront a fundamental change in their economic relationships with both superpowers.
bloom.bg
January 11, 2026 at 10:25 PM
A US automaker cuts jobs in Germany. A Chinese battery maker expands. The reversal in global capital flows is reshaping the world economy.
Capital flows to the energy sector are set to rise in 2025 to USD 3.3 trillion.
Around USD 2.2 trillion is going collectively to renewables, nuclear, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency and electrification, twice as much as the USD 1.1 trillion going to oil, natural gas and coal.
Around USD 2.2 trillion is going collectively to renewables, nuclear, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency and electrification, twice as much as the USD 1.1 trillion going to oil, natural gas and coal.
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Capital flows to the energy sector are set to rise in 2025 to USD 3.3 trillion.
Around USD 2.2 trillion is going collectively to renewables, nuclear, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency and electrification, twice as much as the USD 1.1 trillion going to oil, natural gas and coal.
Around USD 2.2 trillion is going collectively to renewables, nuclear, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency and electrification, twice as much as the USD 1.1 trillion going to oil, natural gas and coal.
The admin is learning in real time the age old fx market lesson that capital flows move much faster than trade flows.
April 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The admin is learning in real time the age old fx market lesson that capital flows move much faster than trade flows.
1/ Ukrainian forces have carried out 12 precision strikes on Russian railway infrastructure in recent weeks, mainly in the south. These attacks disrupted key junctions and slowed military cargo flows to Crimea, Donbas, and the North Caucasus, Conflict Capital reports.
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August 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
1/ Ukrainian forces have carried out 12 precision strikes on Russian railway infrastructure in recent weeks, mainly in the south. These attacks disrupted key junctions and slowed military cargo flows to Crimea, Donbas, and the North Caucasus, Conflict Capital reports.
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Piketty's landmark volume was grounded in a detailed analysis of 300 years' (!) worth of global capital flows, painstakingly compiled by a large team of grad students from a massive set of heterogeneous records.
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August 11, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Piketty's landmark volume was grounded in a detailed analysis of 300 years' (!) worth of global capital flows, painstakingly compiled by a large team of grad students from a massive set of heterogeneous records.
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Yet if it really is a problem that too much foreign capital is flowing into the US, here's a solution: balance the US federal budget so that there is less US debt for foreigners to buy. The capital flows would diminish without waging economic war vs the whole planet.
April 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Yet if it really is a problem that too much foreign capital is flowing into the US, here's a solution: balance the US federal budget so that there is less US debt for foreigners to buy. The capital flows would diminish without waging economic war vs the whole planet.
WAPO EDITORIAL BOARD: “..
If tariffs become high and disruptive enough, they might possibly stop foreign capital flows into the United States altogether. But does the president really want this? .. his followers might not like the economy they end up with.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
If tariffs become high and disruptive enough, they might possibly stop foreign capital flows into the United States altogether. But does the president really want this? .. his followers might not like the economy they end up with.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
February 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
WAPO EDITORIAL BOARD: “..
If tariffs become high and disruptive enough, they might possibly stop foreign capital flows into the United States altogether. But does the president really want this? .. his followers might not like the economy they end up with.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
If tariffs become high and disruptive enough, they might possibly stop foreign capital flows into the United States altogether. But does the president really want this? .. his followers might not like the economy they end up with.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Trump attacked Iran after markets closed on Friday because he thought it would be over by Monday.
12 days on, the world faces a shortage of oil, fertiliser & food, 200 children are dead, a capital city is poisoned & global capital flows are at risk.
He started it but can’t end it.
Cataclysmic.
12 days on, the world faces a shortage of oil, fertiliser & food, 200 children are dead, a capital city is poisoned & global capital flows are at risk.
He started it but can’t end it.
Cataclysmic.
March 11, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Trump attacked Iran after markets closed on Friday because he thought it would be over by Monday.
12 days on, the world faces a shortage of oil, fertiliser & food, 200 children are dead, a capital city is poisoned & global capital flows are at risk.
He started it but can’t end it.
Cataclysmic.
12 days on, the world faces a shortage of oil, fertiliser & food, 200 children are dead, a capital city is poisoned & global capital flows are at risk.
He started it but can’t end it.
Cataclysmic.
“While the new tariffs may eventually be negotiated down, we should prepare for a fundamental shift in trade and capital flows. This is not a change in policy; it’s a structural change."
- Citi CEO Jane Fraser
- Citi CEO Jane Fraser
April 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“While the new tariffs may eventually be negotiated down, we should prepare for a fundamental shift in trade and capital flows. This is not a change in policy; it’s a structural change."
- Citi CEO Jane Fraser
- Citi CEO Jane Fraser
Only if they actually put up their own capital which they don't. It's the banks and investment firms financing it who will bear the burdens and you know how shit flows downhill from there
October 4, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Only if they actually put up their own capital which they don't. It's the banks and investment firms financing it who will bear the burdens and you know how shit flows downhill from there