21 augusti. Bond vigilantes. Elon’s Favorite Sci-Fi Prophet. Polen 2.0 Warszawapakten invaderade Prag den 21 augusti 1968. Ebola Bundibugyo.
Ebola Bundibugyo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is gearing up to roll out an Ebola vaccine with some doses being used as part of a trial to see if it is effective against the Bundibugyo species of the virus that is currently circulating in the country.
The Ervebo vaccine does help protect against the Zaïre species of Ebola but currently there are no proven vaccines or treatments for Bundibugyo.
The rollout comes as the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a new warning that Ebola was "growing exponentially" in the north and east of DR Congo and the spread of infections now covered an area bigger than France.
BBC 21August 2026
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czxe9n0vxzdo
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragv%C3%A5ren
Pragvåren och invasionen var det viktigaste och mest bestående av allt som brukar betecknas som "68".
Det som då hände visade att kommunismen inte lät sig reformeras, att den därför i praktiken var dödsdömd. På den tiden förstod väl ingen detta utom möjligen Leonod Bresnjev och hans politbyrå i Moskava.
Michail Gorbatjov förstod det inte ens långt senare.
https://www.internetional.se/1968swartz.htm
Scott Bessent takes on bond vigilantes in $32tn Treasury market
“[Bessent] understands the problem. But understanding the problem and being able to do something material about it are two different things,” said Jim Caron, chief investment officer at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.
Most investors expect the Treasury to balance higher buybacks of long-term securities by issuing more short-term debt — a move that leaves the department exposed to fluctuations in interest rates.
It has not gone unnoticed that Bessent in 2024 criticised former Treasury secretary Janet Yellen for pursuing a similar policy.
“The Treasury simply can’t control long-term yields.”
Financial Times 21 August 2026
https://www.ft.com/content/f01ff762-3e68-4bac-bb73-6f35a6bf2771?syn-25a6b1a6=1
For the past two decades there has been little sign of the vigilantes. FT 26 February 2021
https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2023/10/whats-bond-vigilante-ed-yardeni-bill.html
The theme ‘Sell America’ has waxed and waned through President Donald Trump’s second term
While it made for a good headline, there was little in the data to back it up as foreign holdings of Treasury securities hit a record this year, and as US stocks soared to new highs.
This week’s sudden announcement of a bond market intervention by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent risks nudging that narrative from clickbait to something closer to reality.
Elon’s Favorite Sci-Fi Prophet Was Wrong
Niall ferguson The Free Press 20 August 2026
https://www.thefp.com/p/niall-ferguson-future-ai-tech-economics-space
Poland invited to the G-20 looks for Its Economy 2.0
Poland is counting on to help take its economy to the next level after the country’s transformation from communist backwater to European Union dynamo
While gross domestic product has topped $1 trillion and Poland got invited to the G-20 summit later this year, many Poles have been alienated by the speed of change, emigration and widening income disparities. Far-right groups are gaining traction ahead of an election next year.
“Foxconn is definitely an example of a high-quality investment that can bring advanced technologies to Poland.”
Bloomberg 21 August 2026Poland
Rikslikaren: Radikalism och agenda i Dagens Nyheter från 1964 till idag
Boklansering Onsdag 26 augusti av "Rikslikaren" skriven av Johan Lundberg
Genom att följa de agendasättande ambitionerna bakåt i tiden, till Olof Lagercrantz dagar och tidningens positionering som organ för 1970-talets vänsterradikalism, finner författaren två konstanter i Dagens Nyheters opinionsbildning genom årtiondena:
antipatin mot västvärlden och tendensen att dogmatiskt bita sig fast i ståndpunkter som i efterhand framstått som ohållbara.
"Det kommunistiska partiet har skapat ofantligt mycket som är värdefullt och framtidsdugligt. Det har bland annat – och det är en stor sak – befriat det ryska folket från påträngande materiell nöd, medan samtidigt miljoner svälter i Förenta Staterna"
Olof Lagercrantz om Sovjetunionens kommunistiska parti. Dagens Nyheter, 11/7 1968.
Utdrag ur skriften DN - mångsidig men ensidig
https://www.internetional.se/dnbokre.html
Marika Lagercrantz, Sveriges nya kulturråd i Berlin
När hon fick veta att hon hade fått tjänsten sprang hon runt och skrek på Stadra sommarscen där hon spelar just nu.
Författaren Gertrude Steins livskamrat Alice B Toklas är idealet för skådespelaren Marika Lagercrantz i hennes nya roll som kulturråd i Berlin.
Hon är dotter till Olof Lagercrantz och dotterdotter till Hans Ruin, syster till David Lagercrantz och kusin till Lars och Johan Lönnroth.
https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2011/07/marika-lagercrantz-sveriges-nya.html
Den förment intellektuella eliten och Jason Arday, professor i sociologi
https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2026/08/den-forment-intellektuella-eliten-och.html
The euro was not a German project. Quite the reverse. German voters wanted to hold on to their currency. It was pressed by those, led by France, who wanted to break the D-Mark zone.
The euro was the price Helmut Kohl paid to Mitterrand to win his blessing for reunification.
Philip Stephens, Financial Times 18 April 2013
"The 50 Days That Changed Europe" explains how the EU grew from a six-nation trade alliance to a 27-country behemoth with its own currency.
In Strasbourg on Dec. 9, 1989, after the Berlin Wall fell, Germany agreed to monetary union in order to get President Mitterand to agree to German reunification WSJ 23 Sept 2011
http://www.nejtillemu.com/tyskdebatt.htm#0512revealed
Dagen innan
https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2026/08/20-august-bessent-30y.html
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