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Three years ago, we launched Bismarck Brief. Since then, our analysts have written nearly 1 million words on emerging technologies, global industry, and the world's most influential individuals. Here are the 7 most important things we learned about how the world works in 2024:

The energy-intensive sector in Britain has a turnover of £170 billion, a GVA of nearly £40 billion, and employs over 400,000 people. Energy costs are crippling it. The government is only going to be more hamstrung by this. telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/2…

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Which countries really rely on foreign tourists for money? Spain, Turkey, and small Med states. But notably *not* Italy or Japan: the UK, Netherlands, and France are all more dependent on international tourism as a percentage of GDP than Italy is—and the U.S. more than Japan!

Not surprised at all. Italy still actually makes a lot of stuff; northern Italy has some serious manufacturing hubs that rival Germany.

hot take if tourism is 3%> of a country's GDP, it's selling its soul. i noticed this living in spain. the qualitatively nicest areas of barcelona, by architecture, layout, and location, have been hollowed out into an amusement park. without the crowds it would be unparalleled

Technological advances have made it viable to make diamond gems out of common graphite and electricity. Mass production in China and India is ending the socially-engineered elevated status of diamonds above other gems. Read the new Bismarck Analysis Brief! (link below)

Most people have no idea that this katana-loving Chinese guy is already, unintentionally, basically the Mikhail Kalashnikov of the 21st century, by making quadcopters cheap and good. Frank Zhang. Read the Bismarck Analysis Brief on him: brief.bismarckanalysis.com/p/the-chinese-…

Bismarck Analysis Separately and somewhat unexpectedly we need to credit Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) R&D division for inventing the very cheap winged drone, which is really just a $50,000 cruise missile. Read here: brief.bismarckanalysis.com/p/irans-drone-…

France's Hermès makes some of the world's most desirable luxury goods and briefly became Europe's most valuable company. It is a family-run business, has repeatedly solved the succession problem, and appears to be a live player. Read the new Bismarck Analysis Brief! (link below)

Even among European luxury goods companies, Hermès is unique for its narrower focus on leather goods and the very high prices its most signature items command. Hermès women's handbags sell for tens of thousands of dollars and even celebrities cannot buy them straightforwardly.

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Going to retract previous statement. From the China Hawk side the guys at Bismarck Analysis are quite good. x.com/ThePoliEcon/st…

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This by Rian Chad Whitton Bismarck Analysis is VERY good. I could not have put it better myself. I pray for the day when energy realism goes mainstream in SW1. unherd.com/2025/06/the-ne…

Northrop Grumman is the third-largest U.S. defense contractor makes unique weapons like the B-21 stealth bombers and silo-launched nuclear missiles. It is unfortunately another example of a dead player in defense contracting. Read the new Bismarck Analysis Brief! (link below)

if i was in charge of a 70yo megacorp and Bismarck Analysis called it "functional" i'd be ecstatic