Three ways the disruptions of 2020 will permanently change global investment
By Ivan Illán
The global economic disruptions of 2020 were not unprecedented, but they were very different from the market disruptions of 2007 for example...
China – Peacefully Forward into the Great Change
By Peter Koenig
On 25th January, during the first session of the virtual World Economic Forum (WEF), President Xi Jinping, in his address stated...
Investing in Indian real estate in 2021 could be the start of years of...
Suchit Punnose, Founder and CEO of Red Ribbon Asset Management on why 2021 is a good year to invest in Indian real estate.
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How Gambling is Regulated in Scandinavia
In countries across the world, the gambling industry is treated very differently. There are those nations who welcome the sector, recognising that it can...
America is More Diverse, Racially, Then Ever Before, and it’s Testing the Republican Party
By Charles Denyer
When George Herbert Walker Bush swept to victory in 1988 over Democratic challenger Michael Dukakis, there was only brief mention of the minority...
Prisoners of Identity
By Namira Samir
The informal economy is a place where identities of labourers become inextricably intertwined. This has severe implications for the fulfilment of labour...
The Study of Economic History and the Importance of Understanding the Past
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
I. Introduction
At present, academic economics in the West (i.e. developed countries) are in a state of confusion, as their dominant economic...
Joe Biden sends a clear message to the watching world – America’s back
By Scott Lucas
Politics doesn’t have to be a raging fire destroying everything in its path
Two weeks after the storming of the US Capitol by the followers...
Six-month stamp duty holiday extension could be a boon for potential homebuyers
An online petition to extend the current stamp duty holiday for the first £500,000 of any property transaction has reached the threshold to enforce...
Biden’s ‘American Rescue Plan’ & Its Opponents
By Dr. Jack Rasmus
This past Thursday, January 14, 2021 Biden announced his ‘American Rescue Plan’ (ARP), a list of programs and proposals purported to...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth
By Danny Leipziger
China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives?
China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...
