The Analyst

Is bitcoin simply unlicensed gambling?

by Bob Seeman | Apr 7, 2022

Promoters claim that bitcoin is a new type of money, reduces transaction costs by abandoning intermediaries and will become a safe asset that they call 'digital gold'. The...

The Analyst

Why not one China and one Taiwan?

by Christopher Lingle and Dean Peng | Apr 6, 2022

At the end of February in 1972, US president Richard Nixon visited Beijing to mark the beginning of a dramatic shift in attitudes and policies affecting the destinies of the...

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The end of the UK’s 20 year property boom is now in clear sight

by Jo Welman | Apr 5, 2022

The UK was headed towards a serious inflationary spike long before the Russians invaded and destroyed much of Ukraine. Food, energy and other commodity prices were already rising...

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Zero-Covid policy threatens Hong Kong’s status as an international financial hub

by Dorothy Chan | Mar 30, 2022

Hong Kong’s implementation of draconian Covid policies threatens its status as an international financial hub. This is seen through Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s...

Golden Oldie

Why working from home (WFH) could be inciting inequality

by Robert Stassen | Mar 24, 2022

As with other innovations, it carries risks as well as benefits. Originally published August 2021. There is this great cartoon where a man sits behind a laptop having a Zoom call...

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During the Cold War, US and Europe were just as divided over Russia sanctions

by Kirill Shakhnov | Mar 22, 2022

Here’s how it played out. It’s impossible to predict how the crisis in Ukraine will progress, but the rupture in relations between Russia and the West is unlikely to heal...

Golden Oldie

How slot machines work…

by Anthony Frederick Lucas | Mar 21, 2022

...and why you should think twice before playing them. Originally published September 2021. The gaming industry is big business in the US, contributing an estimated $240b to the...

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APAC emerging office hub

by Natasha J Lee | Mar 17, 2022

Gentrified locations, life sciences and IT. Many cities across APAC (Asia Pacific) continue to grow at an aggressive pace. And with this growth has come the emergence of new and...

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Ukraine and the financial markets

by Gabriella Legrenzi, Reinhold Heinlein and Scott Mahadeo | Mar 17, 2022

The winners and losers so far. It’s two weeks since the world woke up to the dreadful news of a Russian attack on Ukraine. Notwithstanding the incalculable costs in terms of...