The Paradoxical Truth of Adam Smith: Absolute Advantages of Countries in the Context of Russian Reality

Adam Smith, the Scottish economist of the 18th century, is considered the father of modern economics. In his work "The Wealth of Nations" (1776), he outlined the theory of absolute advantage, which explains why countries benefit from specialization and trade. According to Smith, each country should focus on producing goods that it can create more efficiently than others, meaning with lower resource costs per unit of output. Then, through trade, nations exchange these goods, increasing overall welfare. For example, if Portugal produces wine cheaper than England, and England produces cloth, then specialization and exchange make both countries richer.

This idea seems simple and logical, but in the real world, it takes paradoxical forms, especially when it comes to countries with distorted economies, such as the Russian Federation (RF). Russia, despite its vast natural resources, demonstrates a classic example where absolute advantages turn into a trap. Let's examine why the RF cannot compete in "peaceful" sectors but, according to some assessments, has found its "niche" in something destructive—weapons, fear, and terror.

The Shame of False Peace — Why Forcing Ukraine to Surrender Would Stain America Forever

Imagine it’s 1940. London is burning. German bombers rain death upon the city while Britain fights alone. And suddenly, the United States appears—not with help, not with weapons, but with a “peace plan.” The proposal: Britain should surrender to Hitler, recognize his conquests, cut its army, and stay “neutral.” In exchange, Washington would declare that it had brought peace to Europe. That’s exactly what Donald Trump is trying to do to Ukraine today, only the dictator’s name is Putin.

The Green Absurdity: When Electricity Becomes a Punishment

Once upon a time, the Netherlands was a model of “smart energy.”
A green tariff of €0.06 per kilowatt-hour encouraged citizens to install solar panels, invest in the future, and join the movement toward energy independence. You produced clean power — the state rewarded you.

But now the logic has flipped upside down: the tariff has become negative — –€0.06 per kWh. In other words, citizens not only give away their electricity for free, but actually have to pay for doing so.

This isn’t just an economic paradox. It’s the anti-utopia of the green transition, where initiative and trust are punished instead of supported.

America 2026: When People Vote Against, Not For

Forecast: Why the Midterms Could Become a Turning Point — and How They Might Ignite America’s Second Civil War

A Referendum Against Trump

If current trends continue, the 2026 U.S. midterm elections are shaping up to be more than just another political contest — they could become a historical rupture. More and more Americans are preparing to vote not for Democrats, but against Donald Trump — against his rhetoric, his authoritarian instincts, and his attempt to crown himself the monarch of a republic.

This is no longer a normal competition of ideas. It is a national referendum on a fundamental question: Are we still a democracy — or have we become a one-man state? And increasingly, voters are choosing the former.

King or Not a King: How Trump Envies Dictators — and Why He Can’t Be One

When Donald Trump says, “I’m not a king,” he says it the way a child says, “I didn’t eat the cookies,” with crumbs still on his chin. Deep down, he wants to be a king — to sit on a throne, issue commands, punish dissent, and build a cult of personality without checks or limits. And that’s precisely why America is taking to the streets under the banner “No Kings” — because people see that hunger for absolute power growing day by day.

Nobel Prize in Economics 2025: Discovering America Where It’s Already Been Discovered

Sometimes scientific awards resemble long-awaited fireworks that burst not with the light of insight, but with the blaze of something everyone has known all along. Such is the case with this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics. It was awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt — for explaining that economic growth happens thanks to… innovation.

That’s like giving a biology prize for discovering that a horse walks using its legs. Or a physics prize for the groundbreaking realization that a stone falls downward, not upward. Or a medicine prize for confirming that humans breathe air. The obviousness here doesn’t just catch the eye — it reaches the level of basic truths every first-year economics student already knows.

Putin’s Strategic Mistake: He Chose Ukraine, Not the EU

 

If Vladimir Putin made one decisive error, it wasn’t just moral — it was strategic. He attacked the one nation in Europe that still believes in freedom rather than obedience. Ukraine turned out not to be the weakest link of the West, but its moral core. The Kremlin’s hunter mistook a reflection for prey — and got trapped in his own illusion.