Economix

  The world has recently entered an entirely new era of "crude realpolitik," where American diplomacy is no longer measured by the spread of democracy, but rather by securing the flow of vital resources. Under the banner of "America First," the Trump administration has shifted from trade wars to "strategic acquisition," a move aimed at breaking Chinese hegemony and securing American industrial dominance for the next century. This article examines the map of American "material expansion," from the oil fields of Venezuela to the lithium mines of Ukraine, culminating in the Greenland conflict, which has redefined the meaning of sovereignty in the 21st century, or more accurately, returned sovereignty to its meaning of a century ago. Venezuela: Operation "Absolute Resolve" and the Return to Black Gold In one of its boldest military and political moves in recent times, the United States launched Operation "Absolute Resolve" in 2026...

  For decades, we have relied on a slow, paper-based methodology, subject to politically motivated human manipulation, to gauge the pulse of the global economy. But today, at the dawn of 2026, we are witnessing the end of the era of waiting for government reports to tell us the price of our goods. We are now moving from politicized statistics to on-chain truth, where real-time data, documented via blockchain, reveals what is actually happening in the markets, and has shown that the reality of inflation bears no resemblance to official reports. The Consumer Price Index and How It Became a Cosmetic Tool Historically, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is based on a hypothetical "basket of goods." The problem is that governments have the power to "switch" the components of this basket. If the price of beef skyrockets, it is replaced with chicken in the calculations under the pretext that consumers will automatically do so. In the traditional system, data arrives at least a...