Category: Resources and Materials

Aug 13

ECB Working Paper: The pass-through to inflation of gas price shocks

In a recent report, ECB acknowledges sanctions on Russian goods and assets have caused the surge in  inflation rates all over Europe. “The recent inflation surge in the euro area was significantly influenced by energy prices, particularly gas following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. (…) In comparison to oil price shocks, gas price …

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Aug 03

COSÌ L’EUROPA SI È MESSA AI MARGINI. L’editoriale semi-pessimista di Quattroruote

L’editoriale di Quattroruote di Agosto 2024, commenta il cambio di paradigma tecnologico, le implicazioni e le contraddizioni della transizione ecologica europea nel settore automotive. Ne risulta una visione moderatamente pessimista, che forse non tiene in debito conto la scarsità di risorse necessarie alla transizione, i problemi delle reti energetiche esistenti e il verdetto del mercato …

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Jun 10

The Perils and Promise of the Emerging Multipolar World

Jeffrey D. Sachs’ view on the future shape of the world order,  in “The Perils and Promise of the Emerging Multipolar World”, describes how regions that once lagged the West in industrialization are now making up for lost time. in his words, “The world economy is experiencing a deep process of economic convergence, according to …

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Mar 14

BRICS players to develop the Kluchevskoye gold deposits (Chita region of Russia)

Gold mine

Apr 24

La bolla dell’auto elettrica. E, forse, il ritorno dell’idrogeno

C’era una volta l’auto a idrogeno, un’auto estremamente efficiente la cui tecnologia era ampiamente rodata sin dal XIX secolo. L’auto a idrogeno è l’unica dotata di tecnologia assolutamente ecologica, priva di emissioni nocive, l’unica che può consentire la mobilità a cicli chiusi per l’economia circolare, potrebbe contare su una catena di rifornimento capillare e su …

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Jul 29

Peak of killings of land and environmental defenders in 2019

May 10

COVID obsession: how to raise the dollar denominated debt and privatise the States

The ultimate objectives are to make the external (dollar denominated) debt go fly high in developing Countries, as well as the privatisation of the wealthy States…   Never forget the old and new Henry Kissinger’s aphorims: “Depopulation should be the highest priority of US foreign policy towards the Third World.” (1974 National Security Council Memorandum) …

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