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According to many politicians and commentators, the UK is in a very sorry state. Ahead of the general election expected this year, Labour leader Keir Starmer has pledged to “fix broken Britain”. He has spoken of his vow to “usher in a decade of national renewal”, claiming...
Inflation in the United States was over 7% in 2021. This is dramatically higher than just a couple of years ago when it was less than 2% per year. Why did it go up? The most...
Originally published October 2021. A decade to be optimistic? Somewhere amid the carnage of the retail sector, the existential navel-gazing of the office sector and the...
Originally published November 2021. At the onset of the pandemic, plenty of the trade-offs that societies were asked to make were of a generational flavour. Young people were...
A story of supply and demand? In a previous article (The Property Chronicle, Autumn 2021, ‘Property Investment: Is it still worth it?’), it was argued that rents are an...
In 2021, 20 countries pledged to no longer fund the development of fossil fuel power plants in other countries. This commitment threatens to keep millions of Africans from moving...
David Goldman offers an interesting take on the competition between the United States and China for global influence in his latest book, You Will Be Assimilated: China’s...
Why they beat the rest of the high street as a retail experience. A bone china teapot, a pair of leather brogues, a poetry book, a velvet coat, an embroidered tablecloth and...
Which US asset classes perform best or worst amid periods of high inflation (6% or more)? Answer: commodities perform best, while bills perform worst. It’s commonly recognised...
Keep your eye on the far horizon, says this writer. Real estate owners and users are not short of business challenges right now. Climate change, energy use and carbon emission;...