For the first time in history, there are more people over the age of 65 than under 5. Pensioners outnumber children in a growing number of…
If you were to pick a financial word of the year, “meme” in my opinion might qualify. Remember the mania around GameStop, when frenzied retail buying…
Melting ice caps, warmer oceans, intense storms, heat waves, droughts, floods and wildfires – all these well-documented effects of climate change may seem too remote to…
Happy New Year – The Resolution is Climate Change and beating Covid-19
January 2021Last years US election is over. And the big winners were the coronavirus and, quite possibly, catastrophic climate change. OK, democracy also finally one, at least…
The coronavirus Covid-19 is presenting massive challenges for the global economy, not least because millions around the world may be in voluntary or enforced quarantine for…
Amid the current market turmoil, there is a sense the world is revisiting the financial upheavals of 2008 which almost tipped the world economy into depression.…
To me, it’s not surprising that governments, policymakers, analysts and market participants devote considerable time and energy to predict the possible damage of the current crisis.…
Will the coronavirus destroy the world economy – the Fed throws everything it can into the market for stabilization
April 2020Last month on a Sunday action taken by six central banks will be looked back on as one of the biggest multifaceted and coordinated monetary policy…
Unhappiness today arrives carrying various banners – Trump, or Brexit, or the “gilets jaunes”. Its origins typically lie in the march of technological change and globalization.…
We’ve got trade wars, spectacular start-ups, crypto-currencies, scandals, and mad, stomach-churning swings in the stock market. Do you feel the excitement? It’s almost like the good…