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Tokyo 2020

by Taku Tamaki | Jul 29, 2021

How Japan’s moment of glory has become a millstone for the economy. “Japan is back!” declared Shinzo Abe, the then Japanese prime minister, after he made a surprise...

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PropTechs…

by Norm Miller and Zhengzhen Tan | Jul 28, 2021

...in the context of a sometimes cynical and overwhelmed commercial real estate industry. As of 20 July 2021, the website we started at the University of San Diego,...

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The asymmetry of bitcoin scams is all very sad

by Joakim Book | Jul 26, 2021

Here’s a financial and ethical principle you can generalise: If you’re liable for the downside, you deserve the upside. It works in the opposite way too: If you’re in on the...

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The protests in Cuba tell a much bigger global story

by John Tamny | Jul 21, 2021

“Videos posted on social media showed security agents and groups of soldiers beating up demonstrators on Sunday. Protesters ripped up portraits of Fidel Castro, while others...

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What will America’s 250th birthday look like?

by Robert E. Wright | Jul 15, 2021

If you are reading this, congratulations on surviving the latest Independence Day festivities, which our society somewhat arbitrarily celebrates on 4 July. Independence Day 2026...

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How a Soviet miner from the 1930s helped create today’s intense corporate workplace culture

by Bogdan Costea and Peter Watt | Jul 13, 2021

One summer night in August, 1935, a young Soviet miner named Alexei Stakhanov managed to extract 102 tonnes of coal in a single shift. This was nothing short of extraordinary...

The Macro View

Enough about interest rates!

by Alexander William Salter | Jul 8, 2021

Monetary policy isn’t about interest rates. It’s about money. Specifically, it’s about the supply of money relative to the demand to hold it. But you wouldn’t know that from...

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Most buildings were designed for an earlier climate

by Ran Boydell | Jul 7, 2021

Here’s what will happen as global warming accelerates. Climate change will affect every aspect of our lives – including the buildings we live and work in. Most people in the...

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The death of a visionary retailer reminds us of private equity’s genius

by John Tamny | Jul 1, 2021

Leigh Perkins died last month. Most reading this likely weren’t aware of his passing or who he was for that matter. But his story has broad relevance in consideration of the...