Paolo Maria Pavan Why Owning Stuff Is Making You Poor, Stiff, and Tired Why I Let Go of the "Ownership Dream" There was a time I believed that to own meant to win. My first car, my first office, even my first espresso machine—it all felt like validation. Proof of growth. ... ESG Paolo Maria Pavan WISE 2 jul 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Why “Only 3.1% Inflation” Is a Lie You’re Telling Yourself June 2025. Inflation: 3.1%. Sounds harmless, doesn’t it? A small dip from May’s 3.3%. According to the rapid estimate from CBS, consumer prices stayed flat compared to the previous month. The kind of ... DUTCH ECONOMY Paolo Maria Pavan 2 jul 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Why Your First Hire Defines Culture Let’s cut the poetry: your first hire isn’t just a person, it’s a precedent. And if you get it wrong, you’ve already set your company’s immune system to tolerate dysfunction. Culture Is Not a Mood. It... ESG Paolo Maria Pavan WISE 1 jul 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan You’re Not “Too Small” to Have an Impact Let me say it plainly: the idea that you, or your company, are too small to matter is not just wrong. It is a lie. A dangerous, comfortable, culturally sanctioned lie. And like all lies that survive t... ESG Paolo Maria Pavan WISE 1 jul 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Why the Dutch Economy Is Quietly Bleeding While Everyone Pretends It’s a Bruise The Clock Shows Red, Yet We Whisper in Beige Let’s not sugarcoat it: 12 of 13 indicators in the CBS Business Cycle Clock fell below their long-term trend in June 2025. That's not a “slight cooling” or... DUTCH ECONOMY Paolo Maria Pavan 1 jul 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Jun 26, 2025 | Amsterdam Stock Exchange: A Whisper of Doubt Amsterdam’s AEX Index closed today with a clear dip, 910.69 , down 7.17 points or -0.78% . The mood was not dramatic, but distinctly alert, like a room where the air changes just enough to notice. Tod... Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE 26 jun 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Why Most CEOs Sleepwalk Into Economic Downturns And How the Business Cycle Clock Exposes Their Denial The Illusion of Progress: Why “Waves” Matter More Than Numbers Let’s begin where most articles end: the business cycle is not a spreadsheet artifact or a journalist’s cliché. It is the heartbeat of ou... DUTCH ECONOMY Paolo Maria Pavan 26 jun 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Jun 25, 2025 | Amsterdam Stock Exchange: A measured descent On June 25, 2025, the AEX Index closed at 917.86, marking a 0.73% decline from the previous day's close of 924.62. The index opened at 926.89, reached a high of 929.91, but gradually declined througho... Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE 25 jun 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Why GDP Growth Is Bullsh*t if Jobs Are Shrinking and People Are Just Tired of Waiting Let’s Start With the Boring Number: +0.4% That’s the Dutch GDP growth in Q1 2025, according to CBS’s second estimate. Yawn? No. Because if you think that number is just a bland statistical revision, f... DUTCH ECONOMY Paolo Maria Pavan 25 jun 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Jun 24, 2025 | Amsterdam Stock Exchange: AEX Climbs Quietly The Amsterdam AEX closed today at 924.62 , up +7.83 points (+0.85%) , in what appears, at first glance, to be a polite day of trading. But let’s not confuse manners with meekness. Markets don’t always... Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE 24 jun 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Why the Dutch Think They're Getting Richer (While Quietly Financing Their Own Misery) Let’s Start with the Headline Everyone’s Clapping For “Household real disposable income rose by 2.2% in Q1 2025 compared to a year earlier.” The statisticians at CBS want us to nod approvingly. Politi... DUTCH ECONOMY Paolo Maria Pavan REAL ESTATE 24 jun 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Why €90 Billion in Dutch Profits Should Worry You More Than Impress You When Numbers Stop Whispering and Start Revealing Gross profit before tax for non-financial companies in the Netherlands rose to €90.1 billion in Q1 2025, €4.7 billion higher than in Q1 2024. Operating... DUTCH ECONOMY Paolo Maria Pavan 24 jun 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN