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The Analyst

Why targeted tariffs are more effective than broad tariffs

by Noah Smith | Nov 25, 2024

Something the Trump administration should probably think about. Trump is about to be back in the White House, so tariffs are back on the menu. Actually they never left — Biden slapped huge tariffs on a variety of Chinese products, including electric vehicles, chips, and other stuff. But...

The Analyst

Buying US Offices: Time to get greedy

by Phil Bak | May 13, 2024

You could buy a skyscraper for a million bucks. I still remember that, probably always will. A friend of mine, well connected in Detroit real estate, telling me how bad things...

Head Of Research

Private Equity and Private Credit: The next crisis?

by Bill Blain | Apr 29, 2024

After a Bank of England warning in April, you could be forgiven for thinking the whole $8 trillion Private Equity market and the even faster-growing Private Credit market is...

The Analyst

The state of the Uk listed markets

by Alan Carter | Apr 22, 2024

From the beginning of November – when the market decided that the Fed was hinting at rate cuts in Q1 of this year until the turn of the year – the quoted sector rallied by an...

The Analyst

To save itself, the US must cut “defense” spending

by Doug Bandow | Apr 15, 2024

Washington, DC is going through its annual budget charade. The US Congress is no longer capable of approving individual budgets and appropriations. Instead, a handful of leaders...

Residential Investor

The free market case for leasehold reform

by Sam Bidwell | Apr 8, 2024

From obscure 12th century statutes to amusing judicial wigs, there’s much to admire in the gradual development of Britain’s legal order. However, the outdated leasehold...

The Storyteller

Make America small again

by Garrison Keillor | Mar 25, 2024

Before it dies, I want to come out in favour of the hyperloop project in Minnesota to create underground tubes in which people would travel in capsules propelled by...

The Professor

How to trade house prices

by Norm Miller | Mar 18, 2024

In 1988 Michael Sklarz and I published a paper called “It’s Time for Some Options in Real Estate.” In 1995 David Geltner and I suggested that we needed a fourth asset class,...

The Economist

High costs, greenlash hit Europe

by Nikolai G. Wenzel | Mar 11, 2024

The eyes of the world may be on the US presidential election. But another, usually sleepy campaign is underway: European Parliament elections in June 2024. Most of the action...

The Professor

Radical proposal to spread property wealth

by Yolande Barnes | Mar 4, 2024

In 1604, the English judge Sir Edward Coke declared that “the house of everyone is to him as his Castle and Fortress.” The intervening years turned the saying to “and...