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Contra Nicholas Kristof, presidential ink will never ‘scrub’ away poverty

by John Tamny | Mar 22, 2021 | The Professor, zEditor's pick, zLead Article

Nicholas Kristof is elated. Of course, there lies the problem with elation found in the overly emotional. It’s not always grounded in reality. To see why, consider what has the New York Times columnist overjoyed. It’s the $1.9tn so-called ‘American Rescue...

The iceman cometh not

by Clifford F. Thies | Mar 11, 2021 | The Professor, zOtherDiversions

During the early 20th century, ‘natural’ ice was in decline. ‘Artificial’ or ‘manufactured’ ice was taking its place. Men continued to carve ice out of ponds and lakes during the winter, for storage in great ice warehouses to meet demand during summer. Increasingly,...

Riding the booms and avoiding the busts

by Brad Thomas | Mar 3, 2021 | The Analyst, zLead Article, zNewsletter

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the markets have been a little volatile in 2021. Or have they been volatile for the last 12 months? Maybe even longer than that? It’s getting difficult to say, when this seems to be the new norm. Take Tuesday 23 February. Here’s...

Your real estate qualifications may just have become more valuable

by Norman Miller | Mar 2, 2021 | The Professor, zLead Article, zNewsletter

Private real estate partnerships tend to outperform institutional real estate investments by a significant margin for several reasons. First, they include a greater proportion of higher risk investments and value-add opportunities while institutional investors mostly...

Escape hatches: migration, bitcoin and the ability to get out

by Joakim Book | Mar 1, 2021 | The Professor, zEditor's pick, zLead Article

For decades, those of us sceptical of our central banks’ monetary experiments have tried to punish them for their excesses – rein them in, have them follow a stated rule, or at least provide a way for us critics to opt out of their system. Immunize ourselves from...