Queen Christina of Sweden was an early trans monarch, and her forces rained death and destruction. (View Post)

Jesus Christ: stop giving then idea! (View Post)

For humour value, I asked ChatGPT to list the 10 countries where trade was the highest proportion of GDP. You will be staggered to learn that none are poor, and 8 of the 10 are among the richest coun… (View Post)

Tariffs on things like steel and aluminium are dumb: they mean US car makers will need to pay more for steel than people with plants outside the US. In fact they mean that steel and aluminium are act… (View Post)

Well: there is a very clear positive correlation between country size and amount of trade. The smaller the country, the less likely they are to be able to do produce everything themselves. So you nee… (View Post)