Author: Mathew Carr
Hi - I'm Mathew Carr — a reporter with 35 years experience covering markets, business, politics, geopolitics, finance and marketing. I’ve worked for news outfits huge and small, and was one of the first to recognise the importance of the EU carbon market 17 years ago, which is becoming a global benchmark in climate protection. I'm keen on helping business and politics become more sustainable by high-quality reporting and advising. Mathew@carrzee.net to get in touch
The Five Massive Blind Spots of Yergin and Bloomberg
AI court transcripts are a bad idea, UK; I would suggest super-clear audio files
Prospect of Malacca Strait Toll Means the World (Including Trump) Just Might Reconsider Multilateralism
I’m trying to work out if America has truly woken up yet … to the power of competition over sheer scale (1)
Stock market ignores risk of Apple’s $38b fine from India; potential precedent for bigtech? (1)
How boxed-in Trump revealed he’s not even a great negotiator by saying the (illegal) Iran ‘war’ would be over within 6 weeks (3)
U.S. and Israel deliberately target Iran cultural sites: Tehran Times (1)
Zionists kill 47 women and girls per day: Kuwait Times
Gaslighting chief global blackmailer Trump accuses Iran of blackmailing USA (1)
Brazen Trump seems confident he won’t get prosecuted for insider trading, nor market manipulation (2)
Trump administration repeats promise about UFO disclosure after covering up for six years
I love this notion of Starmer taking big tech down to the backyard woodshed for a spanking (1)
US installs 25% less community solar in 2025 as one bad president hurts pathetic country’s future vs China
USA, king of unfair competition, complains about unfair competition; so pathetic
Trump seen copying WW2 US strategy to blockade China via Malacca Strait and widen war (1)
Nuclear de-proliferation comes to head at UN by May 22; 0% chance of success by year end as US violence extends + wildcard
Vege prices more than double in a week as climate crisis cuts supply
Brent’s post-mid-term contract Jan. 2027 seems too high given Trump will likely be suppressed (1)
US Crude Flips to Premium and Back: Trump Tests His Market-Manipulation Power as Regulator CFTC Eroded (3)
How and when world peace will happen
Online abuse from losing gamblers cause jockeys to commit suicide
America needs the world more than world needs USA + Hungary people hold bad leader to account + backwardation (3)
France’s electrification plan responds to Trump’s petrostate violence: Euronews
Artemis 2 distracts from Trump’s brutal 2026 inflation like 1969 moon landing distracted from carnage in Vietnam (1)
Probability for this weekend’s peace talks to strike durable de-escalation is 15%, says AI + WTO moratorium update (1)
Exclusive: Fear of drones along Egyptian coast shut down tourist trips Wednesday; Dept of Defence warning
USD suffers
Trump ceasefire came from weakness*, as Iran threatened violence ‘beyond Middle East boundaries’ + yuan demand
