The Iran conflict isn't just a geopolitical story—it's reshaping energy markets through specific, traceable channels: record fuel price spikes (Canada saw a 21.2% monthly surge), India creating a sovereign-backed maritime insurance pool, and major banks caught in sanctions-evasion allegations.

The IEA calls it historically significant. Here's how the transmission vectors work:

https://post.kapualabs.com/bdffzh2y

#EnergyPolicy #Geopolitics #OilMarket #GlobalEconomy

The Guardian | Number of billionaires globally could reach 4,000 in next five years by Lauren Almeida

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The analysis by estate‑agent Knight Frank predicts that the global billionaire population, currently about 3,110, could reach nearly 4,000 by 2031—a 25 % rise driven largely by tech and artificial‑intelligence‑enabled wealth creation. The number of ultra‑high‑net‑worth individuals (those with at least $30 million) has surged more than 300 % since 2021, and the fastest growth is expected in oil‑rich Saudi Arabia, as well as in Poland and Sweden. Meanwhile, wealth inequality is widening: fewer than 60,000 people now control three times the wealth of the world’s lower half, and Oxfam reports that the collective fortune of billionaires tops $18 trillion. The richest individuals remain Elon Musk, Larry Page and Jeff Bezos, while the UK saw its billionaire count dip to 156 in 2025 amid tax reforms and political volatility prompting the super‑rich to gravitate toward a smaller set of stable, opportunity‑rich cities. By 2031, Asia‑Pacific is projected to overtake North America as the region with the largest share of billionaires, accounting for about 37.5 % of the total.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/apr/23/billionaires-super-rich-global-wealth-gap-economy

#KnightFrank #LiamBailey #globaleconomy #technology #thesuper-rich #ElonMusk #LarryPage #JeffBezos

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Crude Oil Reserves Inflate Prices, Disrupt Supply Chains

Nations are storing more oil, leading to higher energy prices and supply chain issues. Find out how this affects you.

#OilPrices, #SupplyChain, #EnergyCrisis, #CrudeOil, #GlobalEconomy

https://newsletter.tf/oil-reserves-rise-higher-prices-supply-disruptions/

Oil storage has reached new highs, contributing to a significant increase in energy prices compared to previous months. This is impacting global logistics.

#OilPrices, #SupplyChain, #EnergyCrisis, #CrudeOil, #GlobalEconomy
https://newsletter.tf/oil-reserves-rise-higher-prices-supply-disruptions/

There may be a “next economy,” but it will not deliver the same kind of per capita GDP growth that people expect from the past.

The article "There Is No 'Next Economy'" by The Honest Sorcerer, published April 10, 2026 drives home a clear and compelling conclusion [1]. The so-called green/renewable/electrified economy (EVs, solar panels, batteries, etc.) is not a separate, independent system waiting to replace the fossil-fuel one. This "green" or electrified successor is a parasitic extension of the existing fossil-fuel industrial system, with no independent biophysical foundation. If that one economy falters or collapses under resource depletion, war, geopolitical shocks, or overshoot, there's no backup waiting in the wings. Mining, refining, shipping, and manufacturing at global scale run on dispatchable fossil energy.

The author uses the electric vehicle (EV) as an example. EVs require metals like graphite, copper, nickel, and lithium. None of these metals can be mined, refined, or shaped without fossil fuels. The author also explains the production of aluminum, a material used in EVs. Australia, a major bauxite producer, faces a fuel crisis. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz affects fuel supply. This impacts mining and production.

The author further discusses graphite, a component in batteries. Graphite is made from needle coke, a by-product of oil refining. Lithium mining in Australia is also disrupted due to diesel shortages. Copper and silver production were already declining before the war. The crisis affects sulphur supplies, which are used to make sulfuric acid for mining.

So, to repeat, today fossil fuels are essential not just for transportation, but for making almost everything.

It must be noted that the author assumes that there will be no major technological shifts and there will be no change in what we measure as “value”.

1. https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/there-is-no-next-economy

#NextEconomy #GDPGrowth #EnergyCrisis #FossilFuels #Degrowth #GreenEconomy #Geopolitics #GlobalEconomy

Global Energy Crunch Worsened by National Hoarding, International Bodies Warn

Countries hoarding energy supplies and blocking exports are making the global energy crisis worse, warn the IMF and World Bank. Expect higher prices and slower growth.

#EnergyCrisis, #GlobalEconomy, #IMF, #WorldBank, #EnergyPrices

https://newsletter.tf/countries-hoarding-energy-imf-world-bank-warn/