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How did a Dutch prime minister’s 1973 decision to ban cars every Sunday accidentally turn a whole country into the world’s cycling capital within a decade?

Saving Tips July 28, 2026

On 4 November 1973, Dutch prime minister Joop den Uyl went on television to tell the country that its highways…

World’s First Trillionaire – Blogging Away Debt Blogging Away Debt

Loans June 15, 2026

by AshleySpaceX officially went public on Friday, opening at $135, and closed that same day at $160.95/share. The 19% gain…

Otto von Bismarck was 74 when Germany adopted the world’s first national old-age social insurance program in 1889, setting the pension age at 70 after years of fighting socialists with bans, laws, and a promise few workers would live long enough to use

Saving Tips June 5, 2026

Otto von Bismarck was 74 when Germany adopted the world’s first national old-age social insurance program in 1889, and the…

Almost all of the world’s internet traffic does not travel by satellite but through fibre-optic cables lying on the ocean floor, a hidden web of wires crossing the deepest parts of the sea to connect the continents.

Saving Tips May 31, 2026

The great majority of data that crosses between continents travels through fibre-optic cables on the seabed, not through satellites. Estimates…

Anthropic’s new Claude Mythos AI is so good at finding software vulnerabilities that the company has restricted its release, and treasury officials, central banks, and the global Financial Stability Board are now holding emergency meetings about what it means for the security of the world’s banking systems

Saving Tips May 30, 2026

In April 2026, the leaders of the U.S. financial system held a meeting nobody had quite expected to be holding.…

World’s leading political risk consultant says a collapse in the Strait of Hormuz cease-fire is still a big threat

Personal Finance April 20, 2026

Eurasia Group estimates the chances of the cease-fire holding are about 65% but acknowledges that risks of negotiations collapsing are…

This map shows a crude ticking time bomb that hits much of the world’s oil supply in April

Personal Finance March 26, 2026

Disruptions in the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz over the past four weeks will unleash a “sequential”…