Remember the World Wide Web? It’s over. The global internet is fracturing along the major geopolitical fault lines, writes Victor Hill.
Victor Hill considers why is the Johnson government finding it so difficult to articulate what Global Britain will look like, post-Brexit?
TikTok is a Chinese-controlled internet portal where youngsters all over the world share hilarious videos of pets. Yet Mr Trump is determined either to supress it or bring it under US control.
The UK economy contracted by over 20 percent in Q2. Yet retail sales are on the up and the UK economy is actually growing again. Victor Hill finds reasons for cautious optimism.
Elon Musk has had a good pandemic. But is Mr Musk, like Icarus, flying too close to the sun? Victor Hill inquires.
The coronavirus pandemic of 2020 has been the catalyst for a dramatic deterioration in relations between China and the USA and its allies – including Britain. This would have happened anyway; but history is speeding up, writes Victor Hill.
Central banks all over the world are using monetary economics to bail out governments. This is sure to have important implications for investors over the medium to long term, writes Victor Hill.
One Oxford professor suggested a vaccine for Covid-19 could be available by the end of the year. Even if that is unrealistic, pharma stocks large and small are on the up, says Victor Hill.
Monetary financing – whereby central banks buy government bonds to finance their deficits – is now common, not least in the UK. But for how long can the UK government rely on the magic money tree to pay their bills, asks Victor Hill.
We know that some countries have fared better than others in the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Perhaps surprisingly, some developing countries have done really well while some rich ones have done poorly, writes Victor Hill.
