Technology will Save Emerging Markets from collapsing
Emerging economies struggled to grow through the 2010s and pessimism shrouds them now. People wonder how they will pay debts rung up during the pandemic of Covid-19 and how they…
Because of the 4th Industrial Revolution an ageing society will not stop China’s rise
Because of the 4th Industrial Revolution an ageing society will not stop China’s rise: “China will grow old, before it grows rich” is one of those things people like…
Let’s Take Bitcoin as a Short Case Study for Cryptocurrencies!
Bitcoin’s price is bouncing around 50,000 US-Dollar giving it an aggregate value of about 1 trillion US-Dollar. The digital currency is increasingly part of the modern financial landscape. The venerable…
Europe’s Digital Economy needs less Bureaucracy and more Funding
Many competing motives are at work when the EU ramps up its determination to assert control over US Internet giants. One is anger that they abuse their market dominance. Another…
Ramping Up Sanctions on Russia will have Little Impact
The clamour is growing to ramp up sanctions against Russia, which stands accused of deploying hackers, assassins and other provocateurs abroad, and of repressing dissent at home. But it is…
Let’s think deeply about US inflation as bond holders will suffer
When oil prices sank to zero last May, few investors thought of inflation. But those who study data on monetary conditions knew that the unprecedented build-up in liquidity would see…
Covid – 19 : A Summary of Government Support and Global Inequality
The COVID-19 pandemic is still accelerating in many countries and uncertainty is unusually high. Decisive government actions are necessary to ensure swift and extensive vaccine roll-outs, protect the most vulnerable…
The wave of Reddit rebels shaking Wall Street – from Tulip Mania to David – versus – Goliath
If you have spent any time following financial news on social media over the last weeks, you will have been told fabulous stories ordinary people have had with the establishment…
What Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook should have learned from Rockefeller
Big government is finally taking on Big Tech. In the most momentous antitrust lawsuit in a generation, The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accused Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook of unfair competition…
America’s Cryptocurrency Market is in Limbo
Investors in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have enjoyed a phenomenal run but they are now worried that Janet Yellen’s arrival as US Treasury secretary may herald a new era of…
