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Trump Promised Cheaper Gas. Now His Team Blames Ukraine—and Paul Krugman Says They Have ‘No Cards’ Left to Stop It

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#Ukraine #UA #Europe #Europa #EU #News #Benzinga #BessentPoints #Brent #Brentcrude #Krugman #Kyiv #Russian #Washington
https://www.europesays.com/ukraine/37533/

From the "Why we can't have good things" Department:

> The Mechanisms Of Enshittification

https://www.worseonpurpose.com/p/the-mechanisms-of-enshittification

How the things you buy get worse, who profits from it, and how to tell before you pay.

> Enshittification is the gradual, deliberate degradation of a product or service by whoever controls it. Cory Doctorow coined the term in 2022 for digital platforms, which decay in a recognizable sequence...

#Doctorow #Krugman #economics #obsolescence #capital #reputation #scale #consumers

"(…) reconciliation is hopeless: #Trump is who he is, and a nation that elected him twice simply can’t be trusted."
Paul #Krugman on the waning of the US's #power.
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/pathetic-in-ankara?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1zpad

#CurrentEvents #DonaldTrump #articles #politics #InternationalPolitics #UnitedStates #US #PaulKrugman #NATO

Is military might always the answer for complex global issues? Paul Krugman challenges the "lethality fairy" fantasy, a dangerous belief that overwhelming violence alone can resolve Iran's intricate challenges. He points out that seizing Kharg Island won't solve oil exports or secure 1,000km of coastline, and President Trump’s inconsistent threats, devoid of coherent strategy, only lead to a quagmire. Dive deeper into Krugman’s critical analysis to understand why this approach lacks an endgame: https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/pete-hegseth-believes-in-the-lethality #Iran #DefensePolicy #Krugman