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Jimmy Savile: how the Netflix documentary fails to address the role institutions play in abuse

by Chris Greer and Eugene McLaughlin | May 10, 2022 | The Analyst, zOtherDiversions

Jimmy Savile was one of the UK’s most serious serial sexual predators. Over several decades the television personality groomed and abused up to 1,000 boys and girls in TV studios as well as patients at NHS hospitals across Britain. That he was able to do so without...

The renewed politicizing of the Federal Reserve

by Thomas L Hogan | May 9, 2022 | The Economist, zLead Article, zNewsletter

Economic research shows that monetary policy works best when conducted by an independent central bank. After Fed chairs in the 1960s and 70s caved to pressure from American presidents, those who followed sought, at least to some degree, to reestablish the...

Treasures in the toy cupboard

by Nick French | May 9, 2022 | Alternative assets, Golden Oldie

Originally published spring 2019. Collectors may be driven by obsession – but are toys also a viable investment asset? There is a big diﬀerence between an investor and a collector. The former gives up capital today in the expectation of greater returns in the future....

Zero-Covid policy threatens Hong Kong’s status as an international financial hub

by Dorothy Chan | May 5, 2022 | Golden Oldie, The Analyst

Originally published March 2022. Hong Kong’s implementation of draconian Covid policies threatens its status as an international financial hub. This is seen through Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s execution of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s...

Will housing offer a good hedge against inflation?

by Peter Warburton | May 5, 2022 | The Professor, zEditor's pick, zLead Article

If certain criteria are met, this writer thinks so. For those who are persuaded that we are still in the early stages of an inflationary resurgence, rather than the mature phase of an inflation spike, the search continues for protective assets. Residential property –...