Analysis
Macro, energy, geopolitics and the real economy — read closely, counted carefully.
Series6 of 7 · ongoing
Generation Z: The Test Subjects- 1The Attention Bandits
- 2The Fluency Trap
- 3The Missing First Rung
- 4The Last in Line
- 5The Floor Beneath the Ladder
- 6No Smoke, Just PixelsNew
- 7Coming soon
Latest instalment · 9 September 2026
Series3 parts
The Rearmament Machine- 1How Europe Made Rearmament Look Cheap
- 2Who Gets Paid When Europe Rearms
- 3Who Pays When Europe RearmsNew
Latest instalment · 26 August 2026
Series4 parts
The Battery Wars- 1From Lead to Solid State: A Hundred Years of the Battery
- 2The East Wind: Who Really Owns Hungary's Battery Plants
- 3Green Car, Brown Footprint: The Bill That Never Reaches the Showroom
- 4The Inherited Bet: The First Decisions of Hungary's New GovernmentNew
Latest instalment · 19 August 2026
Series4 parts
Money for Nothing- 1"The Machines Are Coming": AI and the Labour Market
- 2Paid Just for Existing: What Basic Income Promises
- 3The Other Side of the Ledger: What Basic Income Really Costs
- 4The Hungarian Test: Is a Basic Income Feasible, Worthwhile and Sustainable?New
Latest instalment · 10 August 2026
Series3 parts
Russian Oil's Secret Route to Europe- 1The Russian Share: From 25% to 2%
- 2China and India: Russia's New Buyers
- 3Europe After Russian Energy and the Hungarian BindNew
Latest instalment · 31 July 2026
Series5 parts
The Hormuz Shock- 1A Drone Near Brody, a Decision in Tehran: Hungary Hit From Two Sides
- 2Logistical Paralysis, the AdBlue Bomb and Industrial Cannibalism
- 3When the Gas Runs Out, So Does the Food
- 4Government Reactions, the Collapse of Ukraine's Front Line and the New World Order
- 5Situation Report: The Hormuz Shock Has Spread — Gold Sounds the Alarm, Food Prices Set to ExplodeNew
Latest instalment · 22 June 2026
Series6 parts
The Altar of Efficiency- 1The White-Collar Slaughterhouse and the Era of the "Machine Premium"
- 2The Blue-Collar Myth and the Age of Dark Warehouses
- 3The Gigawatt War and the Cantillon Effect
- 4The Purposeless Society and the Mirage of Basic Income
- 5The Flywheel of Chaos — and the Narrow Way Out
- 6Epilogue: The Machine That Learned to LieNew
Latest instalment · 10 June 2026
The Milei Reset: Argentina Two Years On
Every available metric on the economic transformation — the stabilisation, the costs, and the open questions
27 May 2026