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Manchester United: the business tactics that could lead to a record multi-billion-pound sale

by Christina Philippou | Apr 6, 2023 | Investor's Notebook, zNewsletter

It seems that another item can now be added to the long list of things that are getting more expensive: football clubs. The bids coming in to buy Manchester United, reportedly in the region of £4.5bn (the owners are said to want £6bn) would make it the...

Politics, Not Markets, Makes Banking Unstable

by Alexander William Salter | Apr 6, 2023 | The Economist, zNewsletter

Is fractional-reserve banking inherently unstable? Over at National Review, Edwin Burton, a visiting economics professor at the University of Virginia, argues that the “mismatch between the maturity of the source of funds and the maturity of the use of...

What is systemic risk and how does it lead to a banking crisis?

by Spiros Bougheas | Mar 27, 2023 | The Analyst, zNewsletter

The recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a regional US bank that funded start-up companies in the technology and innovation sector, has created a worldwide wave of financial instability. Despite the efforts of US financial regulators to contain the...

China’s latest diplomatic move will extend its trade, energy, financial and maritime power

by Jose Caballero | Mar 27, 2023 | The Analyst, zNewsletter

China’s billions of dollars in global investments and infrastructure projects seem to be paying off politically and economically. Just recently, Honduras signalled it is set to cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan, having been one of the few remaining...

People Should be “Seething Mad” Over COVID – And Much More

by George Leef | Mar 27, 2023 | The Professor, zNewsletter

From early in 2020 until well into 2022, government officials in most countries imposed an array of draconian policies that were said to be necessary to protect the populace against COVID-19. In supposedly democratic nations like the United States, Great Britain,...

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