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Musk v Bezos: real rivals or fake feud?

by Ben Little | Nov 4, 2021 | The Professor, zEditor's pick

Our research gives a clue. Flick through a news feed on your phone and you are likely to scroll across an article discussing the heated rivalries of the new space race. Forget the geopolitical struggles of a cold war. This time, it’s Tesla CEO Elon Musk...

Integrated farming

by John Moverley | Nov 2, 2021 | The Professor

A new approach to sustainable food production. As the saying goes, we live in interesting times. The pandemic has impacted upon all our lives, and will shape our futures and plans. During all the restrictions, the importance of our food supply has been...

Books to live by

by Sabina Reeves | Nov 2, 2021 | The Economist, zOtherDiversions

Those of you who have followed my LinkedIn posts or been on Zoom calls with me during the pandemic will know that I am an avid book reader. My Napoleonic War military drum bookcase, full of a mix of Waterloo, cricket and college history books, has elicited several...

Green jobs are a cost, not a benefit

by James E Hanley | Nov 1, 2021 | The Economist, zLead Article, zNewsletter

The International Energy Agency recently reported that shifting to clean energy will create between 13 and 26 million jobs by 2030. They present this as a benefit, but that’s misleading: jobs are not a benefit, but a cost. That might sound counterintuitive,...

Letter from Paris: gastronomic disruption

by Andy Watson | Oct 28, 2021 | Golden Oldie, The Fund Manager

Originally published February 2021. The word of this extraordinary winter in Paris has been couvre-feu. The very expression is still heavy with associations from the 1940s occupation, even if the order to “cover your fires!” was originally intended to protect medieval...