Giulio Mattioli 17, August #TrendHysterie Giulio Mattioli: Fascinating to see... Fascinating to see higher tourism intensity in the Northern coast of Germany than in Southern Italy https://x.com/giulio_mattioli/status/2089292682564620628
Giulio Mattioli 15, August #WirtschaftWackelt Giulio Mattioli: Somehow people abroad... Somehow people abroad think of Italy as a country with generous welfare state, but the new far-right party booming in the polls wants to scrap the little unemployment benefits that exist, under the slogan "Those who do not want to work should not eat either"
Giulio Mattioli 10, August #TrendHysterie Giulio Mattioli: Britain, 2026... Britain, 2026, in the age of climate change
Giulio Mattioli 09, August #WirtschaftWackelt Giulio Mattioli: Trade partners like the US... Trade partners like the US and France did not welcome Germany's trade surplus as “good and natural”, but Germany did indeed defend it not just as such, but also as a role model for any country. So there's that.
Giulio Mattioli 07, August #SprechVerbot, #WirtschaftWackelt Giulio Mattioli: EU & American institutions... "EU & American institutions provided incumbent firms with policy access, enabling them to shape policymaking, leading to weaker policies and slower (clean-tech) transitions (while) Chinese institutions shielded policymakers from incumbent firm lobbying" https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2026.104885
Giulio Mattioli 06, August #WirtschaftWackelt Giulio Mattioli: It's fascinating how... It's fascinating how all of this was buried under the "the automotive interests are the country's interests" and the "keine Spaltung der Gesellschaft" precepts of unity. Making united front is Germany's blessing and Germany's curse.
Giulio Mattioli 05, August #Merzomat Giulio Mattioli: Someone should... Someone should study Merzism as a utterly disastrous political strategy
Giulio Mattioli 04, August #WirtschaftWackelt Giulio Mattioli: The economic discourse on Twitter... The economic discourse on Twitter is confusing because you have people arguing that anything less than US-style capitalism makes you a failed state, but then some go "of course we lose against China, they are Leninist!" 😲
Giulio Mattioli 02, August #Merzomat, #TrendHysterie, #GrenzPolitik, #KonfliktModus Giulio Mattioli: With permanently campaigning... With permanently campaigning, show-over-substance leaders like Meloni and Merz, divide and conquer works all too well
Giulio Mattioli 29, July #TrendHysterie Giulio Mattioli: The same people that argued... The same people that argued against climate as a policy priority are resorting to long-winded phrases such as "At least since the turn of the millennium, it's been common knowledge that European summers are going to be progressively hotter". I guess that's progress 😅
Giulio Mattioli 24, July #TrendHysterie Giulio Mattioli: Me: (try to play a song on the phone)... Me: (try to play a song on the phone) Phone: Do you want to ask Gemini? Me: (rants out loud about AI being everywhere and everyone talking about it) Gemini: "I understand, there is a lot of hype around AI, do you want us to talk about something else?"
Giulio Mattioli 23, July #TrendHysterie Giulio Mattioli: I can think of a few ways... I can think of a few ways in which this could backfire 😳
Giulio Mattioli 22, July #TrendHysterie, #SprechVerbot Giulio Mattioli: Curious whether and how... Curious whether and how this will be enforced when there are football games
Giulio Mattioli 20, July #WirtschaftWackelt Giulio Mattioli: Schrödinger's Germany... Schrödinger's Germany: The epitome of "hard-working" in much domestic and European discourse "A civilization that has become too lazy to continue" in US discourse (both perceptions are misguided by the way)
Giulio Mattioli 18, July #WirtschaftWackelt Giulio Mattioli: When I point out the double standards... When I point out the double standards in how Germany's exports and China's exports are covered, this is a typical response It's fair enough but raises the question: if China is such a dictatorship & enemy, why did Germany strive to export as much as possible to them for so long?
Giulio Mattioli 17, July #WirtschaftWackelt Giulio Mattioli: If Germany were leading in electric... If Germany were leading in electric vehicle exports, would we be pondering with concern about the "devastation" that that brings to other countries' industries and economies?
Giulio Mattioli 16, July #TrendHysterie Giulio Mattioli: Fascinating how Italy... Fascinating how Italy is becoming the paragon of bad football: "You're even worse than Italy!" is the utmost offense these days 😂😱😂😂
Giulio Mattioli 14, July #TrendHysterie Giulio Mattioli: This is the best & worst thing... This is the best & worst thing about football: for so many key decisions it's damned if you do damned if you don't. This maximizes the possibility for recrimination. Ultimately, *that's what the fans want* (they'll find it boring otherwise) but they don't often admit it.
Giulio Mattioli 13, July #WirtschaftWackelt Giulio Mattioli: What I remember from the 2010s... What I remember from the 2010s is many arguing that a large trade surplus is proof of sound policymaking & industriousness & something all countries should aspire to (or suffer what they must) It would be good if we could use this crisis to revisit those assumptions a wee bit
Giulio Mattioli 09, July #TrendHysterie Giulio Mattioli: This is very interesting... This is very interesting: France's railway is the most affected and Italy's the least affected by heatwaves. But read the fine print https://chuuchuu.com/heatwave
Giulio Mattioli 08, July #TrendHysterie Giulio Mattioli: This whole saga has exposed quite an interesting psychology... This whole saga has exposed quite an interesting psychology: - winning is the most important thing - anything is allowed to win - redefine everything that stands in the way of winning as "unfair" and to be overturned - if you lose, argue you could have won if you had tried
Giulio Mattioli 06, July #TrendHysterie Giulio Mattioli: Another symptom of the Italianisation of Europe Another symptom of the Italianisation of Europe: that famous Churchill quip about Italians ""losing wars as if they were football matches, and football matches as if they were wars" now applies to Europe
Giulio Mattioli 02, July #Merzomat Giulio Mattioli: Strikes me as a measure fully in the Berlusconi... Strikes me as a measure fully in the Berlusconi / Meloni style of populism in that it's entirely symbolic stuff and it will either be ignored or circumvented or it will actually make the problem it tries to address worse.
