USA · Chartbook, Wirtschaftsgeschichte
In its regional elections at the weekend, the tiny state of Sachsen-Anhalt - population of just over 2 million souls - gave a stonking 44 percent plurality to the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland). The AfD has pulled off an astonishing transformation of the electoral map.
US financial hegemony is anchored not so much on the dollar as a currency as on the attraction of dollar-denominated financial assets.
As I was contemplating the lily, a thin blue ray of light flashed on the vineyard road below and groped its way over the slopes.