Thomas Kolbe

Thomas Kolbe



Oct 2, 2025
Germany's Debt-Shuffling Machine
Bundesbank and Audit Office Warn Against Shadow Budgets


Oct 1, 2025
EU's Exit Taxes Chain Citizens to Failing Systems
More and more people are turning their backs on the European Union. With them, the states are also losing economic substance. Exit taxes are being used in an attempt to counter this.


Oct 1, 2025
Moment of Failure: German Bundestag Approves Budget
The Bundestag passed the 2025 budget with the votes of the CDU, CSU, and SPD on September 18. The bottom line: record-breaking debt, serving only one purpose-patching the ever-widening fiscal holes.


Sep 30, 2025
France on the Brink: Debt Spiral & Political Paralysis
France remains paralyzed even after its latest government reshuffle. Time is running out to consolidate public finances before bond markets turn against Paris.


Sep 25, 2025
KMD Brands Stumbles After Transgender Campaign
Australian outdoor retailer KMD Brands wanted to be hip, to follow the zeitgeist, and launched a transgender campaign. Now the company is in trouble. Once again, it shows: those who bed down with state ideology often find their final resting place there.


Sep 24, 2025
EU-South American Mercosur Trade Talks Progress
After a two-decade stalemate, there is now movement in the trade agreement between the EU and the Mercosur states of South America. Donald Trump's hardline policies have made this possible, while criticism comes from the usual suspects.


Sep 23, 2025
Lagarde Calls for Swift Legislation on the Digital Euro
Reshaping the European monetary system.


Sep 15, 2025
Merz Plunges Germany Into a Debt Spiral
The Bundestag's Budget Committee reached an agreement on Sept. 5 regarding this year's federal budget. In the end, record debt remains, publicly masked with accounting tricks and hopeful rhetoric.

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