During his January 17th, 1961, farewell address US President Dwight Eisenhower warned against the threat posed to democratic government by the “military industrial complex”, formed by…
The West has all but declared economic warfare on Russia in response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Whether or not Russia manages to make interest…
Cryptocurrencies• Switzerland
The “Crypto Valley” of Switzerland is gaining pace Europe’s crypto Kingdom
February 2022Tiny Zug was once an innocent sort of place. Then it became a low-tax paradise and a magnet for corporate letterboxes: home to Glencore and other…
Cryptocurrencies• Economy• Technology
Digital currencies are binding the world’s economics and financial markets closer together – it’s a brave new world
February 2022The emergence of digital currencies, both private and official, is shaking up domestic and international finance. This will in my opinion yield many benefits but some…
Europe and the US wait anxiously to see if the Russian President Vladimir Putin will give the order to invade Ukraine at the beginning of 2022.…
The most vital question for the Middle East this year in my opinion is whether or not an international deal constraining Iran’s nuclear ambitions can be…
My prediction for 2022 is that the Web3 internet revolution will be most certainly as messy as previous iterations: What does it take to bring about…
Covid-19, a virus that has, as it journeyed around the world, killed over five million people and upended the workings of our lives. Not so soon…
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…
Technology
The Entire World Needs a Bill of Rights on AI to Ensure Privacy and Democracy for Decades to Come
November 2021Soon after the US constitution was ratified, the Bill of Rights added specific guarantees on freedom of expression and assembly, and rights to fair trials-aiming to…