Archive - Mats’s Substack

A new ambassador telling the same old lies.

The kremlin always lies.

Dec 21 •

The long shadow of communism.

Many in the former GDR support the kremlin's genocidal war against Ukraine and vote for fascist prokremlin parties.

Dec 18 •

Beijing watches how muscovy cracks

Will Beijing reclaim its lost territories?

Dec 13 •

Democracy and prosperity

The Economics Prize 2024

Dec 10 •

Six reasons to ignore putin's threats.

At least six reasons.

Dec 9 •

November 2024

Communism made Czechs and Slovaks poor.

But since they've become free

Nov 29 •

Degrowth makus us poorer.

Nov 26 •

It is our fault!

We should have helped Ukraine in time. Now we must build an antifascist protective wall to protect our children and grandchildren.

Nov 24 •

Repost: The Econometrics of Holodomor.

Repost on the day of the Holodomor Remembrance Day, 23 November 2024.

Nov 23 •

Europe has resources to win the war. Does it prefer to surrender?

An op-ed on VoxUkraine together with Ilona Sologoub

Nov 22 •

The idea of Greater Russia is firmly rooted in the muscovite population

We need to build an antifascist protective wall

Nov 21 •

Marx hadn't been famous if Lenin's coup d'etat had failed

Karl Marx was a lousy economist and enjoyed no reputation among other economists during his lifetime.

Nov 6 •

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