Oil majors consider their future
A vertebra in the spinal column of the world economy is causing pain. As I write the price of Brent…
8 years ago
Victor Hill
The twilight of the bankers
They nearly blew up the world with crazy exotic instruments called derivatives, conceived in an orgy of greed. They were…
8 years ago
Warning: Central banks to launch digital currencies…
The Illuminati are plotting… One of the themes I have returned to again and again over the last eighteen months…
8 years ago
The New Big Idea – the Universal Basic Income
Suddenly, the idea that all citizens should be paid a basic income by the state is becoming topical across the…
8 years ago
America’s forthcoming trade wars with China – and Germany
The Year of the Fire Rooster My Chinese friends tell me that the auguries of the Chinese New Year are…
8 years ago
The UK Government’s debt pit deepens
Amidst the furore over the prospects of a hard Brexit and President Trump’s immigration policies, the dry subject of our…
8 years ago
When Theresa met Donald
Suddenly everyone is talking trade deals - while TTP and probably TTIP bite the dust. Why does President Trump prefer…
8 years ago
The most unlikely President ever?
On the day that the 45th President of the United States of America assumes office, during Davos week, I recall…
8 years ago
Welcome to the weird world of driverless cars and ethical robots
Try this thought experiment: Your small children are strapped into the child seats in the back of the car and…
8 years ago
Agribusiness will be the ultra-cool of the 2020s
Farming and food production, long-since a Cinderella business, has just become a cool investment space. This month we look at…
8 years ago