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Lessons learned in alternatives

by Michael Walton | Jan 31, 2023 | The Fund Manager, zOurWriters2

The significant broadening of the institutional real estate investment universe is a welcome feature of recent years. Societal change, e-retailing and the pandemic, among other factors, has rightly questioned the merit of a strict focus on the traditional sectors of...

Tainted love

by Richard Rose-Casemore | Jan 31, 2023 | Golden Oldie, The Architect

Originally published December 2020. It was my friend and sometime neighbour John Stewart’s recent “Blog 7” which started me thinking about the discrediting of historical buildings as well as historical figures. He was writing on Guiseppe Terragni’s Casa del Fascio in...

Father Time advises a brown-eyed girl

by Garrison Keillor | Jan 26, 2023 | The Storyteller, zOtherDiversions

I had a good conversation Saturday with a college student named Emily, a rare pleasure for an old man like me. Most of my social life is spent with geriatrics eager to talk about their most recent hip replacement, but Emily talked about her ambition to go to law...

Twitter: how to remove Elon Musk and reinvent the company

by Timothy Devinney | Jan 25, 2023 | Technology, zLead Article, zNewsletter

Ever since Elon Musk took Twitter private for US$44bn (£36bn), the debate around the social media platform has been vitriolic. There has been considerable angst about the direction Musk has been taking the company and his potential backpedalling on initial promises...

Why it’s not anti-environmental to be in favour of economic growth

by Eoin McLaughlin, Cristián Ducoing and Les Oxley | Jan 24, 2023 | Golden Oldie, The Analyst

Originally published September 2022. In the midst of today’s cost of living crisis, many people who are critical of the idea of economic growth see an opportunity. In their recent book The Future is Degrowth, for example, prominent advocates Matthias Schmelzer, Aaron...