Black Card: “We have terrible news. Seven years ago, 150,000 people paid us $15 to protect a pristine parcel of land on the US-Mexico border from racist billionaire Donald Trump’s very stupid wall. Unfortunately, an even richer, more racist billionaire, ………… snuck up on us from behind and completely fucked that land with gravel, tractors, […]

Sending exploding spacecraft into the sky and preparing to turn Mars into a planetary Galt’s Gulch (after nuking it, of course) takes a lot of money. It also takes a lot of space—more space, apparently, than SpaceX has. More space, it seems, than is available to it at the neighboring Lower Rio Grande Valley National […]

Ever since J.D. Vance tried to turn the presidential election into a referendum on childless cat ladies, the prospect of the nation’s most powerful childless cat lady descending upon the contest took on an inevitability. When an ultimately bogus rumor broke out about the Democratic National Convention featuring a surprise guest on its last night, […]

&nbsp Author: Niccolo Ricci, CEO, Stefano Ricci In 2023, the luxury sector demonstrated robust growth, despite facing global economic complexities, an overall slowdown in consumer demand, and inconsistent performance across different markets. Bain & Company reported a global market value of €1.5trn, with personal luxury goods reaching €362bn – a four percent increase at current […]

&nbsp Author: Manuela Francisco, Global Director for Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment, World Bank From the Covid-19 pandemic to advanced-economy interest-rate hikes, developments over the last few years have left many developing economies struggling to repay their debts. But the problem might be even bigger than the world realises, as many sovereign debts are hidden, undisclosed, […]

&nbsp Author: Alex Katsomitros, Features Writer For fans of American football used to watching advertisements about fast food chains, the last few months have been a crash course in banking regulation, with commercial breaks during NFL games often featuring ads that warn them about sudden hikes in their mortgage rates. And that is just the […]

Rooftop solar panels destroyed by the violent wind in Nantong, China&nbsp Author: Sara Ver-Bruggen, Features Writer Solar is the fastest-growing energy source in the world. Between 2013 and 2022, 46 percent of global renewable energy investments flowed into solar photovoltaics, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), which also highlighted that in 2022 solar […]

&nbsp Interview with: Prof. John Coates, Harvard Professor As a Professor of Law and Economics at Harvard Law School, as well as former Acting Director for the Division of Corporation Finance for the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), John Coates doesn’t mince his words when it comes to regulating the wildest beasts of modern […]

&nbsp Author: Vikki Davies, Features Writer Despite its meteoric rise, the cryptocurrency market operates within a regulatory grey area in many jurisdictions. The decentralised and borderless nature of cryptocurrencies poses significant challenges for regulators, who must grapple with issues ranging from investor protection to money laundering and financial stability. James Burnie, a partner at legal […]

&nbsp Author: Peter Vindevogel, CEO, The Park Playground Today’s business leaders and consumers alike are facing turbulent economic times. The goal of any business is to be profitable but there is no doubt that several recent world events have made it incredibly difficult for some. Amid these challenges, businesses are striving for growth in 2024 […]