Economics & Markets

Do cyborgs dream of electric pigs?

As part of an occasional series on AI, Victor Hill considers some new thinking on how machines might one day…

Journal of the Plague Year X – Political Vaccinology

With nearly one million deaths worldwide from Covid-19, who will get the vaccine first? Will it work? And there is…

Is gold going mainstream?

Gold, as an asset class, has had many detractors, particularly amongst the institutional community, but is that about to change?

Tulips! 

The latest Dutch tulip harvest is in, and experts confidently predict another bumper year for tulip growers and tulip investors…

Mr Sunak’s Challenge: How will we pay for coronavirus?

How will the government manage the colossal deficit resulting from the coronavirus pandemic? And if taxes must rise in the…

Journal of the Plague Year IX – The Cloud of Unknowing

At a global level, the coronavirus pandemic is not only still with us but is intensifying. There are still major…

Welcome to the Splinternet: What it means for investors

Remember the World Wide Web? It’s over. The global internet is fracturing along the major geopolitical fault lines, writes Victor…

Winning the wrong game

If you are currently picking up nickels in front of steamrollers, you may wish to start playing a different game,…

Britain breaks free – and wonders what to do next

Victor Hill considers why is the Johnson government finding it so difficult to articulate what Global Britain will look like,…

Time is running out for TikTok – and why that matters

TikTok is a Chinese-controlled internet portal where youngsters all over the world share hilarious videos of pets. Yet Mr Trump…