Freedom for russians is more like a swap instead of them having their first freedoms, if you know you know. I'll explain a little bit - In the free world it is illegal to do things like marry your family members, have lewd images of minors on your computer, to be drunk, high, or urinating in public, or to have multiple wives. They are afraid to trade these "freedoms" for our freedoms.
They'd love to benefit from our freedoms without having to obey the laws and rules that come along with it. It sounds weird because they don't protest the strict laws against freedom of speech and association. They don't care about that, throw them the crumbs and allow the laziest squalor and they're "as happy as a pig in mud".
"unless there's a reversal in the next administration" exactly what I'm afraid of, that would do so much damage. Freedom and democracy is not free, we need to stay strong against dictators
What you tell us, Mark, resonates with Prof Jeffrey Sonnenfeld from Yale Business School. Thank you. I need to hear your thoughts every day to keep it all understandable.
Greetings from Daniel in Laos. Big fan of your channel, your humour, your insights and love for the plight of Ukraine and her people. Great work, if you ever find yourself in Laos I can be your guide, at your service captain.
I still don’t understand why Putin started this war instead of taking care of his country? All the oil revenues waisted. He could have a statue in his honor. And then they say he ain’t dumb! Thank you for your economic insight and the interesting information about historical economic figures. Even the quotes from Star Trek are sometimes so relevant. I like it.
One of the main reason reason(poo-tin also mentioned this 2014) is the creation of "ayissorovoN" (its written backwards due to TH-cam censorship). It does no make any sense, but that's how it is....
Not just NATO. Russia should not have made enemies of South Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Once their drone technology arrives, every Russian soldier has a limited life span..
American here. In 2022, there was obviously a hope among the nations of the world that this present unpleasantness could be put aside and the world could get back to using cheap Russian hydrocarbons for their own economic interests. What I see having developed to now is a change of world mood that our various economic interests must be satisfied without cheap Russian hydrocarbons.
It was a ten ruble note, and it was replaced by the 10 ruble coin many years ago. About as significant as ripping up a CSA dollar. It was the first ten rouble note that I've seen in many years.
Dear Mark, Thank you for all that you do and I greatly appreciate all your hard work. You do the world a great service by your dedication to the truth as you understand it. I pray that you continue to do and be who and what you are. I am praying for your safety, your good health, your freedom, and your ability to teach so well. Heroyam Slava. Slava Ukraini. Shalom.
I agree with your morality that should underpin a capitalist system and of your mention of Thomas Aquinas. A great thinker who understood that any economic system must incorporate fairness and justice.
@@Pippie5555 understandably so,such a fine ppl too, you Danes (i know from meeting some of you!) We yanks will try damned hard to hold any stupid or aggressive moves by this idjit who has become our nominal president (not a legitimate president , per our constitution which expressbly prohibits anyone with any court demonstrated support for insurrection (three such cases were done/concluded) .
Dear Mark, No, Justice tempered with reasonable mercy is the ultimate ideal. We, as humans, often make foolish mistakes and a kind and reasonable correction is greater than pure justice. Thank you. Shalom.
Dear Puleczech, As a follower of Yeshua Ha Meshach (Jesus The Christ) I also love Mark's morality; but I don't understand your love of morality when you have only your own feelings as a basis for morality since you claim to be an atheist. Mark and I have a higher power that created morality; but as am atheist, how do you even decide what is moral and what is immoral? I am not intending to be passing judgement on you, just trying to understand your thought processes. Shalom ( God's Peace).
FYI, the NASAMS Canada donated to Ukraine in January 2023 have arrived and just recently gone fully operational. This should substantially improve Ukrainian Air Defence.
Mark, thanks. Not only it's interesting as always but seems like color grading becomes more and more advanced, great job, colors are really eye-pleasing!
I don't think Machiavelli was evil, i think he was just spilling the beans on the medici family. He was kind of a historian, i think he talked about italy losing the France because they used mercenaries. After Russia's done could you please keep making videos. I wish they would teach this stuff in general Education Schools instead of just entertaining the kids.
love your stuff Mark perfect "first video of the morning" material everytime, for some reason your style is good for that and it usually lines up time-zones wise for me on americas west cost.
As usual - This guy makes a lot of sense. Capitalism can work well if the Capitalists are good people. When people like Ayn Rand and the Libertarians are held up as the Capitalist model we should aspire to, Capitalism does not look so good. Let's hope the Ukrainians can continue to damage refineries and shut down Russian oil production. Let's hope President Musk does the right thing.
@@wtfroflffs I believe in partial socialism and a regulated free market. The nature of men is not always good and regulations help correct those that perform actions contrary to the interests of the common good.
Ukraine isn’t just damaging refineries, they’re going after storage depots. If there’s nowhere to store oil, you can’t be pumping. If the wells aren’t pumping they can freeze up.
Dear Mark, I love history and hearing and reading about history!!! Especially since the present and future are built upon the past. You've got my vote for history lessons. Heroyam Slava. Slava Ukraini. Shalom.
Unfortunate fact is that some of the world does not believe in justice and fairness. Some believe it is okay to do anything to further their own good rather then work for the benefit of all. Why is there not a larger 'underground force' of opposition against Putin in Russia? Seems that the vast majority are so oppressed and silent that it is better to say nothing, do nothing because nothing the individual could do would improve or change the realities around them. Now why, how did the Vietcong survive, thrive and eventually win? Western non-brutal tactics. Peace and love does not bring military victory, Russian's simply destroy everything and everyone in their way.
If russians have hard time to buy stuff and find replacements their life will fall apart as ours would do. If the oil pipelines leaking more and more there will be less money, less tanks, less soldiers unless they walk to the front with rural hay forks! Without the US the russians would never have made it in WW2 and this tiny fact, they probably forgot to tell their folks. Since they probably haven’t changed much, all they do is killing and producing chaos, when they could have been so much more peaceful and reasonable with their resources and build up a real counter balance to the US. However they got a 3rd class dictator, which only knows to make war, but not wealth or sustainable plans for the future.
Modular reactors are the way to go for sure,even they are evolving as we speak,the tech.is advancing very fast,i am hoping in Canada we can completely get rid of coal within the next 10 years and have only uranium and natural gas.Coal is the #1 problem in the world right now when it comes to energy.
Hi Mark, do you really think the next administration could just dream of lifting the sanctions that are just starting to really work? I live in Denmark - quite close to Russia, so I'm a little scared.
God bless you Mark, always value your analysis. So, the bell finally tolls for Russia?? Smooth is the descent, easy is the way, but to go once again and view these cheerful skies, That way a mighty labour lies. It's gonna be a while until Russia can return to some sort of normality.
That was a much better video. I have a question though. Will these sanctions actually stop Russia from using these oil tankers? Can't Russia just use them anyway?
🇺🇦 Thx Mark, excellent analysis & commentary. If the ancient🍊💩 dials back sanctions, the EU can sanction US companies that violate their restrictions.🇺🇦
My own opinion over here in the states are that 90% of the "help wanted" or "Now Hiring" signs hanging about are really the inability for a business to pay for work performed.
I was there and met the CEO right before it happened in NYC, I was a kid but met him. Very nice man, but had some cash flow issues and parts were sold. I could talk all day about that.
The people of Russia have never been free in their entire existence.
I don't know if they could even understand what it would feel like.
I think they’re scared of it. They’ve been told everyone in free countries has no safety net and we’re all eating our pets.
Freedom for russians is more like a swap instead of them having their first freedoms, if you know you know. I'll explain a little bit -
In the free world it is illegal to do things like marry your family members, have lewd images of minors on your computer, to be drunk, high, or urinating in public, or to have multiple wives. They are afraid to trade these "freedoms" for our freedoms.
They'd love to benefit from our freedoms without having to obey the laws and rules that come along with it. It sounds weird because they don't protest the strict laws against freedom of speech and association. They don't care about that, throw them the crumbs and allow the laziest squalor and they're "as happy as a pig in mud".
Same as the Mericans and Chinese. I am from Finland and I am unbelievably privileged. Finnish democracy is incredible.
I would tell them it feels like stealing and not getting caught.
Nice to hear an economist speak in terms of Morality, Faith, the greater good, etc. You are a great human being!
Такие термины очень трудно услышать от настоящих экономистов , вот и думайте
Just not in facts...
I love people that tell the Truth.
Thank you friend.
It's his version of the truth.. There are many versions of the truth unfortunately...
"unless there's a reversal in the next administration" exactly what I'm afraid of, that would do so much damage.
Freedom and democracy is not free, we need to stay strong against dictators
Thank you, Mark. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 💙 💛
Slava Ukraini friends and lovers of liberty and justice.
Thanks, Mark, still waiting for "Swan Lake" - it will be here soon! Slava Ukraini!
🔱🌻💙💛🤗🥰🦄
Скажи а де дізнатися більше про цього цікавого економіста ??
@@skifskif6 Search for "Econ Lessons" in the TH-cam search bar.
A nice Sunday sermon on ethics and morality this morning Mark.Thank you.
Mark fast becoming one of my favourite bloggers, yeah.join and make the world a better place 💓
Thank you Tonic.
Excellent analysis and journalism!!🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸
Timothy, thank you.
🔱🌻💙💛🤗🥰🦄
👌 Hope, Mump is not going into reverse - sanctionwise!
What you tell us, Mark, resonates with Prof Jeffrey Sonnenfeld from Yale Business School. Thank you. I need to hear your thoughts every day to keep it all understandable.
Greetings from Daniel in Laos. Big fan of your channel, your humour, your insights and love for the plight of Ukraine and her people. Great work, if you ever find yourself in Laos I can be your guide, at your service captain.
I still don’t understand why Putin started this war instead of taking care of his country? All the oil revenues waisted. He could have a statue in his honor. And then they say he ain’t dumb! Thank you for your economic insight and the interesting information about historical economic figures. Even the quotes from Star Trek are sometimes so relevant. I like it.
Wasted, not waisted, if you don't mind😊
Most Russian leaders choose "glory" over prosperity. As long as Russians pick an imagined glory over bread and butter, they will have further decline.
I agree. What an idiot Putin is.
One of the main reason reason(poo-tin also mentioned this 2014) is the creation of "ayissorovoN" (its written backwards due to TH-cam censorship). It does no make any sense, but that's how it is....
Because you think like a human being not like a psycopathic dictator. You acn allways spot psycopath on, they do not care about normal human beings...
Thanks Mark. You are a true hero for humanity! 🙂
Thank you Mark. Continue to keep us informed.
Not just NATO. Russia should not have made enemies of South Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Once their drone technology arrives, every Russian soldier has a limited life span..
Yes it will be down from 4 hours
Thank you, Mark.
Hi Mark..thx for great update 👍
Thank you friend.
I don’t understand why these sanctions were not applied originally in 2022. Why now?
Because biden doesn’t want ruzzia to lose. He was hoping to restore ties with pootin even after all his war atrocities.
Love you work!
👏🙏🇺🇦💪👍🤞
American here. In 2022, there was obviously a hope among the nations of the world that this present unpleasantness could be put aside and the world could get back to using cheap Russian hydrocarbons for their own economic interests. What I see having developed to now is a change of world mood that our various economic interests must be satisfied without cheap Russian hydrocarbons.
Thank you for your insights and moral quality Mark. God bless Ukraine and you as well. Tomáš
Mark is so strong he can rip a penny in half 🤣
It was a ten ruble note, and it was replaced by the 10 ruble coin many years ago. About as significant as ripping up a CSA dollar. It was the first ten rouble note that I've seen in many years.
Hello, fella!
Funny…
Decisive victory 👏👏👏👏
Thanks!
Thank you Fred.
Dear Mark,
Thank you for all that you do and I greatly appreciate all your hard work. You do the world a great service by your dedication to the truth as you understand it. I pray that you continue to do and be who and what you are. I am praying for your safety, your good health, your freedom, and your ability to teach so well. Heroyam Slava. Slava Ukraini. Shalom.
Mark you are Fabulous , i always enjoy and learn from your content.
🔱🌻💙💛🤗🥰🦄
That's because you are educated and an all around wonderful human being!
Thanks again Mark
Very interesting as always.
Slava Ukraini
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I agree with your morality that should underpin a capitalist system and of your mention of Thomas Aquinas. A great thinker who understood that any economic system must incorporate fairness and justice.
Thanks Mark, I always appreciate your perspective on russia’s economy. I hope Trump holds the line and keeps these sanctions in place. We shall see.
Funnily enough I think if he realizes how weak Russia is now he'll bully them. If he thinks they are strong he'll back off.
Or will Trump decide to threaten to invade his allies instead?
Here from Denmark, we are in shock.
@@Pippie5555 understandably so,such a fine ppl too, you Danes (i know from meeting some of you!) We yanks will try damned hard to hold any stupid or aggressive moves by this idjit who has become our nominal president (not a legitimate president , per our constitution which expressbly prohibits anyone with any court demonstrated support for insurrection (three such cases were done/concluded) .
Great video Mark. Thought provoking sir...
Justice ... EXACTLY RIGHT!
Justice is the ultimate good.
Dear Mark,
No, Justice tempered with reasonable mercy is the ultimate ideal. We, as humans, often make foolish mistakes and a kind and reasonable correction is greater than pure justice. Thank you. Shalom.
As an atheist, I highly respect you and your clear-cut opinions on morality. Greetings from Czechia ✌️
Dear Puleczech,
As a follower of Yeshua Ha Meshach (Jesus The Christ) I also love Mark's morality; but I don't understand your love of morality when you have only your own feelings as a basis for morality since you claim to be an atheist. Mark and I have a higher power that created morality; but as am atheist, how do you even decide what is moral and what is immoral? I am not intending to be passing judgement on you, just trying to understand your thought processes. Shalom ( God's Peace).
such an underrated channel
Really interesting video ! Appreciated !
Thank you Mark, Strength And Love And Accuracy.
FYI, the NASAMS Canada donated to Ukraine in January 2023 have arrived and just recently gone fully operational. This should substantially improve Ukrainian Air Defence.
Like you guys, I ❤ Mark. Shines the cold light of day on Rasputin.
Mark, thanks. Not only it's interesting as always but seems like color grading becomes more and more advanced, great job, colors are really eye-pleasing!
Thanks. Very inspirational analysis.
Hi Marks, thanks for your videoes, i love your hair :-) Everyone is talking about those sanctions, but noone is explaning how they are put to action.
The background to Mark is like the Russian economy, in the dark and crumbling. From the United Kingdom.
Great job Mark, n hugely appreciated 👍
Excellent commentary. Thank you 🎉
good news, thanks mark
For some reason, this showed up on my feed. Grateful and subbed.
I love your optimism, and I generally agree.
There are a lot of excellent TH-cam professors, but Mark is my favorite!
Thank you very much ejo.
Thank you mark 👍
Slava Ukraini!!! wonderful video.
I don't think Machiavelli was evil, i think he was just spilling the beans on the medici family.
He was kind of a historian, i think he talked about italy losing the France because they used mercenaries.
After Russia's done could you please keep making videos. I wish they would teach this stuff in general Education Schools instead of just entertaining the kids.
Good stuff, Mark. I really look forward to your videos.
Good points. As you said. “Let’s see”.
no bullies.
Mark thanks for expanding our minds
Think people are going to be urprised about the new Administration with General Keith Kellog he has picked a great emissary
love your stuff Mark perfect "first video of the morning" material everytime, for some reason your style is good for that and it usually lines up time-zones wise for me on americas west cost.
Thanks for the analysis, 👍 i like that wall behind you looks like it was built a long time ago.
Why has it taken til now to sanction these ships?
That is a very good question!
Thank you President Biden and PM Starmer from the UK.
As usual - This guy makes a lot of sense. Capitalism can work well if the Capitalists are good people. When people like Ayn Rand and the Libertarians are held up as the Capitalist model we should aspire to, Capitalism does not look so good.
Let's hope the Ukrainians can continue to damage refineries and shut down Russian oil production. Let's hope President Musk does the right thing.
If you think believing in liberty is bad, I’m curious to know who you think are the good people.
@@wtfroflffs I believe in partial socialism and a regulated free market. The nature of men is not always good and regulations help correct those that perform actions contrary to the interests of the common good.
@@wtfroflffsLiberty is not “free for all”
Ukraine isn’t just damaging refineries, they’re going after storage depots. If there’s nowhere to store oil, you can’t be pumping. If the wells aren’t pumping they can freeze up.
@@wtfroflffs nice try slick. Liberty does not equal 'libertarian' which has increasingly become anti rule-of-law and anti normal law and order.
What the whole world would be like if governments around the world would make decisions based on morality and ethics! 🤯
Thank you Mark for another educational video! 👍❤
Appreciate your coverage on the current issues!
Love your backgrounds Mark, as well as your takes on the Russian economy
Thanks, I would love to talk a little history about where each is, but I do not know if people would get bored with that.
@EconLessons I for one would not be bored by it and am guessing from comments here most of your followers would love it!
@@EconLessonsI love when you talk about the backgrounds, especially if it relates at all to your topic.
Dear Mark,
I love history and hearing and reading about history!!! Especially since the present and future are built upon the past. You've got my vote for history lessons. Heroyam Slava. Slava Ukraini. Shalom.
Unfortunate fact is that some of the world does not believe in justice and fairness. Some believe it is okay to do anything to further their own good rather then work for the benefit of all.
Why is there not a larger 'underground force' of opposition against Putin in Russia? Seems that the vast majority are so oppressed and silent that it is better to say nothing, do nothing because nothing the individual could do would improve or change the realities around them.
Now why, how did the Vietcong survive, thrive and eventually win? Western non-brutal tactics. Peace and love does not bring military victory, Russian's simply destroy everything and everyone in their way.
If russians have hard time to buy stuff and find replacements their life will fall apart as ours would do. If the oil pipelines leaking more and more there will be less money, less tanks, less soldiers unless they walk to the front with rural hay forks! Without the US the russians would never have made it in WW2 and this tiny fact, they probably forgot to tell their folks. Since they probably haven’t changed much, all they do is killing and producing chaos, when they could have been so much more peaceful and reasonable with their resources and build up a real counter balance to the US. However they got a 3rd class dictator, which only knows to make war, but not wealth or sustainable plans for the future.
Modular reactors are the way to go for sure,even they are evolving as we speak,the tech.is advancing very fast,i am hoping in Canada we can completely get rid of coal within the next 10 years and have only uranium and natural gas.Coal is the #1 problem in the world right now when it comes to energy.
thank you for the interesting news!
SPI taught me so much about the world.
Would love to talk to you about the games you played someday.
Don’t rip the ruble. You’re strengthening their economy 😂
Now that’s funny…Putin paying tens of thousands of $ for someone to agree to get killed/ maimed
Very good insights and commentary and well presented as usual
Way more of the world is using gas and/or oil products than the 35% you quoted!
Putin playing the violin whilst the titanic sinks. Pure genius.
If half of Russia’s economy is based on oil and gas, putin is done.
Thanks Mark , you also .❤
Thanks
i like your unique way of filming.
Mark needed change for 10 Rubles.
So he ripped it into 10 penny pieces.
Thanks for making complex issues understandable.
Thank you Greg
The brick wall could be a metaphor for Russia and its impending collision with reality.
I dare not say where that wall is.
The orange could be a hero. We'll see if he has it in him.
It’s like asking Jeffrey dommer to curb his desires and tendencies. I hope he can be steered in the right direction of justice for Ukraine
@@tanyab244maybe someone can convince him to go golfing for 4 years
Not getting my hopes up
Very interesting! Thank you
Excellent, Mark
Hi Mark, do you really think the next administration could just dream of lifting the sanctions that are just starting to really work? I live in Denmark - quite close to Russia, so I'm a little scared.
I always find your videos interesting. Thanks.
God bless you Mark, always value your analysis. So, the bell finally tolls for Russia??
Smooth is the descent, easy is the way, but to go once again and view these cheerful skies,
That way a mighty labour lies.
It's gonna be a while until Russia can return to some sort of normality.
Thanks Mark. But when will the war stop? What do you think ? Thx
It depends on the actions of Washington. However, I do not see the Russian economy lasting under ceteris paribus to the fall.
Great video! But 10 Rubbles are worth only 10¢... 😊😊😂😂
Slava Ukraini Mark!
That was a much better video. I have a question though. Will these sanctions actually stop Russia from using these oil tankers? Can't Russia just use them anyway?
Thanks
Mandatory anchor monitors for Baltic ships
🇺🇦 Good idea, but wouldn't it be more effective to close the Danish Srt8s to russian shipping. 🇺🇦
Love the channel, but just FYI: Ayn Rand was asked how to pronounce her name. She said, "It rhymes with mine."
Thanks mark for your insight
🇺🇦 Thx Mark, excellent analysis & commentary. If the ancient🍊💩 dials back sanctions, the EU can sanction US companies that violate their restrictions.🇺🇦
My own opinion over here in the states are that 90% of the "help wanted" or "Now Hiring" signs hanging about are really the inability for a business to pay for work performed.
I still have my copy. SPI ultimately went bankrupt.
I was there and met the CEO right before it happened in NYC, I was a kid but met him. Very nice man, but had some cash flow issues and parts were sold. I could talk all day about that.
@@EconLessons Was that Dunnigan? Simonsen?
@@EconLessons want to hear more!!
Tipping over soon worse than before.
Go Man Go man so good
Great presentation today.Thanks.
Thank you