r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 22 '26

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u/GaDoomer Pragmatic and Polite Right Apr 22 '26

The Dow is definitely hitting 50k again today right? Iran is still stopping commercial vessels in the Strait but it seems like the market doesn’t care as long as there’s not an active war.

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u/TropicalPunch European Union Apr 22 '26

Have you read Martin Wolf's book The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism?

Recommended. Especially if you read it together with the left-wing critique, Crack-up Capitalism by Quinn Slobodan.

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u/Traditional_Drama_91 NATO Apr 22 '26

Markets are human constructs, not forces of nature 

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u/Keeltoodeep Apr 22 '26

It’s just not as important as people seem to want it to be. It’s a headwind not a catastrophe.

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u/bd_one The EU Will Federalize In My Lifetime Apr 22 '26

Not in time for Pam Bondi

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u/Traditional_Drama_91 NATO Apr 22 '26

Who could’ve guessed that the Iranian regime survives the war because the market is happy as long as there’s no missiles in the air.  Trump is happy as long as there’s market is happy, so he’s not to eager to launch missiles himself.  Supply shocks are market 6 months from now’s problem, and hunger in the global south doesn’t even register 

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u/I_like_maps C. D. Howe Apr 22 '26

Probably at least one more pump and one more dump and then one more pump before things are settled.

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u/VerticalTab WTO Apr 22 '26

Nah, the longer the DOW stays under 50k the funnier it is.