Serious investment thinking that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
Water rights are key to the American West. What are they, how do they work, and where might there be investment opportunities? “I really think this emotional charge that we all have around water is in part because you can only live three or four days without it. So, when it gets scarce, that sort...
Why you should donate money rather than supplies. The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and its effect on neighbouring countries has inspired people to collect donations. But these...
...but it won’t wreck Russian sanctions. War is expensive. The United States spent about US$1.1 tn (£830bn) on the 2003 Iraq war in today’s money, while the Falklands war...
US officials are keeping very busy in the world. Yet very few of Washington’s actions have much to do with protecting America. Instead, the foreign policy establishment believes...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is horrifying. Western leaders, fearing a broader war, are responding primarily with economic sanctions. A prominent economic sanction has been...
A plan to get houses built and please the public Britain needs more homes. This is such a commonplace that I have doubtless started articles with that four-word sentence before....
The average resident of Oxford or Cambridge probably doesn’t fancy themselves as having much in common with Peter Hitchens, the great Jeremiah of British reaction. But this week...
As the dominant superpower since the end of World War II, the United States has played a core role in crafting the geopolitical status quo in Asia. US state-building operations...
Where the Fed’s digital currency proposal goes wrong. The Fed’s long-awaited report on central bank digital currencies is finally out. Although the report makes it...
Marketers, manufacturers and even the media have been keeping tabs on all things related to logistics like never before. Coverage of supply chain matters practically doubled...