capitalism

Today a bank can suddenly go bust having invested most of its money in the safest financial assets on the planet. Let that sink in for a moment. It is a delicate juncture in financial markets. I think the financial system is in a much more…

By now, Elon Musk should be used to stepping down. The last time the world’s richest man was forced to step down was as Tesla’s Chair, this time he may be doing so voluntarily as Twitter’s CEO. Back in 2018, the US Securities and Exchange…

Un ragazzo sudafricano non troppo abile a parlare, ma abbastanza “nerd” da riuscire a diventare competente nella costruzione di imprese che vanno ai confini dell’immaginazione. Ha sfidato le istituzioni finanziarie tradizionali sui sistemi…

In un mondo ideale la democrazia è la più alta vetta del potere gestito dal popolo. Dopotutto, la genesi di questo termine è semplice: Demos (popolo) e Kratos (potere). Tuttavia non viviamo in un mondo ideale. Viene da domandarsi se i…

It has become a common, if crude, joke that Vladimir Putin has killed Covid. While the jury is still out on this, the Russian President’s fear of the virus – evidenced by the twenty-meter-long table around which he has been receiving state…