Global | The Property Chronicle

How to get others to go against the flow

by Chris Urwin | Jun 14, 2022 | Golden Oldie, The Analyst

Originally published April 2022. The skills needed to identify market opportunities are very different from those required to convince stakeholders of the validity of your view. Strategists need to nurture the ability to bring others with them to maximise their impact...

Small green spaces can help keep cities cool during heat waves

by Lingshan Li | Jun 14, 2022 | The Architect

A recent World Meteorological Organization report called heat waves the “deadliest meteorological hazard” from 2015 to 2019, affecting people living on all continents, and setting new national heat records in many regions. Canada’s top weather event in 2021 was...

Making sense of monetary policy and the future of inflation

by James L Caton | Jun 13, 2022 | The Economist

High inflation rates have been making headlines since the beginning of the year. Inflation seems to have caught even investors by surprise. While I’m optimistic that inflation will fall over the next year, this belief is formed with the expectation that the stance of...

Ban bitcoin to save the planet

by Bob Seeman | Jun 13, 2022 | Golden Oldie, The Analyst

Originally published May 2022. Greenpeace has finally woken up to the fact that bitcoin is wasting vast amounts of electricity and something should be done about it. They are calling for a change to bitcoin’s computer code to stop the waste. A change will be a...

It takes an age to grow old

by Nick French | Jun 9, 2022 | The Professor, zOurWriters2

We should all learn to share the experience with others. OK, I need to preface this article by saying that, in today’s world, I am not old. I am constantly being told that 60 is the new 40 and that ‘old’ now starts in your mid-70s. Yet, even with that optimistic...