In the Blind Spot (Lockdown, Quantum, Gringos)
Business, Econ and Finance etc: Heat-waves in China, where cities this summer have seen temperatures routinely reach 40°C, have caused droughts that are hampering local supply chain routes, by firing the shutting down of factories. A piece about the impact of record-breaking youth unemployment in China and how the slowing rate of wealthy Gen-Zers with […]
Leaked Lunch Show Notes: Adrian Monck
Here are the show notes to this week’s Leaked Lunch podcast with WEF’s head of comms, Adrian Monck, recorded at La Finestra restaurant in Geneva on August 17. Show Notes: 2:05 – 7:45 Adrian introduces himself. Izzie and Adrian chat about local food options in Geneva and the WEF compound. 7:45 – 12:00 Adrian on […]
Leaked Lunch with the WEF’s Adrian Monck
In this week’s Leaked Lunch I sit down with the World Economic Forum’s head of public and social engagement (a.k.a head of comms), Adrian Monck, at La Finestra restaurant in Geneva. We discuss the challenges facing modern media, what the Forum is really all about and what’s behind “the Great Reset” conspiracy movement, including whether […]
The End of the Beginning for BBBY, Rather Than the Beginning of the End?
This is the second part in our series analysing current meme stock favourite, BBBY. Our first instalment went into a previously-unknown element behind the rise of GameStop (GME) stock in late 2019 (unknown to the mainstream at least). This noted that a user called ‘namsilat’, who also appears to operate TheCorporation subreddit, had provided suspiciously […]
Is Coinbase the Gold Miner or the Shovel Seller?
This is a guest post by “the Data Artist”, an author who hails from the fintech world and is a believer in beautiful rather than big data. What the Coinbase Results Reveal About the Nature of its Business There has been a great deal of analysis focused on falling crypto prices and trading volumes hurting […]
In the Blind Spot (Turkey, LSE, Digital Euro)
This edition of the Blind Spot Wrap was compiled by Dario Garcia Giner (DGG) and Izabella Kaminska (IK). Econ, Finance and Markets: 16 months after Alibaba removed H&M from its Tmall following the western brands’ criticism of alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang, H&M appears to have been allowed back in. Is Twitter a tool […]
Leaked Lunch Show Notes: George Magnus
Here are the show notes to this week’s Leaked Lunch podcast with former UBS chief economist George Magnus. Show Notes: 0:00-4:40 Introduction / Chat about Chinese food. 4:40-9:50 George’s career; start in UBS, explains his career move and how he came to focus on China. 9:50-15:25 Starts on historic Chinese FX reform drive. 15:30-18:30 Chinese […]
Leaked Lunch with Economist George Magnus
This week the Blind Spot’s Leaked Lunch podcast sits down with economist and author George Magnus at Royal China restaurant in Baker Street, London. George is the former chief economist of Swiss bank UBS and the author of The Age of Aging and Red Flags: Why Xi’s China is in Jeopardy. Izabella Kaminska chats with […]
Who Got Inflation Right and Who Got it Wrong? The Longlist
Not all inflationary price increases are created equal. Though inflation is universally understood, its underlying causes and historical manifestations continually mutate. For the Ancient Romans, a massive military apparatus weighed down on the coffers of the Empire, leading to a brutal debasement of their golden aurei, and both silver coins, the larger silver denarii and […]
In the Blind Spot (Human rights, Wikileaks, Coinbase)
This edition of the Blind Spot Wrap was compiled by Dario Garcia Giner (DGG) and Izabella Kaminska (IK). Economics, Finance, Markets etc. Alena Douhan, a UN Special Rapporteur on the impact of coercive measures on human rights, has urged banks and financial institutions not to over-comply sanctions regimes due to their impact on human rights. […]