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How to compete with the Chinese

by Todd Myers | Jan 13, 2022 | The Professor, zEditor's pick, zLead Article

David Goldman offers an interesting take on the competition between the United States and China for global influence in his latest book, You Will Be Assimilated: China’s Plan to Sino-form the World. He focuses on technology and points towards how China is moving...

Charity shops

by Esther Pugh | Jan 12, 2022 | The Professor, zLead Article, zNewsletter

Why they beat the rest of the high street as a retail experience. A bone china teapot, a pair of leather brogues, a poetry book, a velvet coat, an embroidered tablecloth and a saucepan. These are just a few of the things I have recently bought from charity shops...

The impact of higher inflation on US asset class returns

by Richard M. Salsman | Jan 10, 2022 | The Professor, zLead Article, zNewsletter

Which US asset classes perform best or worst amid periods of high inflation (6% or more)? Answer: commodities perform best, while bills perform worst. It’s commonly recognised that bonds are not a good inflation hedge – and they aren’t – but less recognised is that...

The emergence of blues billionaires

by Garrison Keillor | Jan 10, 2022 | The Storyteller, zOtherDiversions

Bruce Springsteen selling his music to Sony for a half-billion dollars has gotten me thinking about my music and what I might get for the songs I wrote when my radio show was touring the country, such as my song for Milwaukee (“Where men still wear hats they look...

The new enclosure

by Jonathan Silver and Tom Gillespie | Dec 15, 2021 | The Professor, zLead Article, zNewsletter

How land commissions can lead the fight against urban land grabs When Boris Johnson sold the 35-acre Royal Albert Docks in London to Chinese buyers in 2013, it was his biggest commercial property deal as mayor of London and one of China’s largest...

How to compete with the Chinese

The emergence of blues billionaires

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