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The Way We Help People Does Not Help People
The highest form of charity, argued the 12th-century Jewish philosopher Maimonides, is when the help given enables the receiver to become self- suffi…
3 years, 4 months ago
How the nature of money has changed - and what it means for you
Money evolves constantly.
Every day there is some tiny new fintech development, but it’s only when you take a step back and look at the ten-, twenty-…
3 years, 4 months ago
Talking mining with Brent Cook and Kai Hoffman
Here at the New Orleans Investment Conference, I met up with veteran geologist and mining newsletter writer Brent Cook of Exploration Insights togeth…
3 years, 4 months ago
Notes from New Orleans
Back in the 90s, when we were in our 20s, all my university buddies and I wanted to do was travel. We wanted to go everywhere and see the world.
The …
3 years, 4 months ago
On raising money and distorted incentives
I was listening to an interview the other day with entrepreneur Balaji Srinivasan, in which he argued that there are two ways by which you can raise …
3 years, 5 months ago
Gold: the disconnect between the price and what is happening in the physical markets
Today we turn our attention to the physical gold markets.
There is, as veteran dealer Ross Norman of Metals Daily puts it, a “disconnect between the g…
3 years, 5 months ago
Mind The Gap
I stumbled across this 2013 blog earlier today. I’m posting it because I thought you might enjoy it, and partly because it’s relevant to a thought pi…
3 years, 5 months ago
Is that it, then? Is the bear market over?
We’ve seen incredible rallies across the board this week.
After a worrying sell-off late in the day and into the close on Friday, the Dow and S&P500 a…
3 years, 5 months ago
The end of cheap money: is this finally it for UK house prices?
Back in 2007 comedian Susan Murray phoned me up with a question.
She was just arranging a new mortgage and she wanted to know where I thought interest…
3 years, 5 months ago
On PayPal, Toby Young, Bitcoin, Culture Wars and the Separation of Money and State
Bitcoin was built in reaction to all the money printing that went on in the wake of the financial crisis.
The Times’ headline “Chancellor on Brink of…
3 years, 5 months ago