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Two books have come out in the last few years that seem especially relevant to those baby boomers now experiencing a variety of ailments correlated with age: dementia, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, Parkinson’s, strokes, heart disease, cancer and so on. David Sinclair, a genetics professor at Harvard and...
How land commissions can lead the fight against urban land grabs When Boris Johnson sold the 35-acre Royal Albert Docks in London to Chinese buyers in 2013, it was...
Not yet, but further change is needed. The harbingers of doom have been ringing the death knoll on the UK high street for some time now. The Great Financial Crisis, the...
Last week, I started the discussion of the great debate that is actually turning into the great resignation. Employees are talking with their feet and when a company starts...
A niche idea that won’t save the high street. There have never been so many different ways to shop for groceries. The biggest chains offer customers a choice of vast superstores,...
We've come a long way, baby, but we still have a long way to go! Wow, 40 years is a long time and the commercial property market has come a long way. We're now a...
How we decide who and what to believe We appear to live in an age of misinformation. Certain broadcasters and social-media celebrities openly promote fake facts or...
In November 2021, 180 world leaders gathered in Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26, the United Nations’ annual climate summit. But once the wheels of their private jets had...
China’s dominance in manufacturing has made it the factory of the world. The subsequent economic growth enriched an ever-expanding middle class, and the country’s retail industry...
I regularly fly with KLM from Minneapolis to New Delhi, and always stop over in Amsterdam. I am frequently in Minneapolis for research and this is my route to go home to take a...