Saudi Arabia's Megaproject Disaster!
Saudi Arabia's Neom megaprojects are running into major financial problems according to The Wall Street Journal.After more than $50 billion dollars has been spent the fantasy city has collided with re...
17 Mar 202518min
Germany's Historic Debt Deal!
European markets rallied sharply this week as German borrowing costs soared after the country’s new leaders announced a historic deal to loosen its “debt brake” rule to boost spending on defense.The i...
10 Mar 202519min
Why Are Politicians So Old?
The average American is 39 years old - which is half the age of the sitting president - Donald Trump. When Ronald Reagan was inaugurated at 69 years old, he became the oldest person to have ever serve...
4 Mar 202517min
Argentina's Memecoin Disaster
Argentina’s president Javier Milei has been rocked by a scandal over his promotion of a memecoin called $LIBRA which soared in value before collapsing last week, triggering lawsuits and calls for impe...
24 Feb 202529min
The Dumbest Megaprojects!
From skyscrapers in the middle of nowhere, to man-made islands that are sinking into the sea. And from abandoned buildings to foolish transportation infrastructure - let's look at the world's most use...
18 Feb 202527min
Trump’s Tariff Wars - What Happens Next?
Last weekend Donald Trump announced 25 per cent tariffs on most imports from Canada and Mexico, and an additional 10 per cent levy on imports from China. Canadian oil was hit at a lower rate of 10 per...
10 Feb 202527min
DeepSeek - How a Chinese AI Startup Shook Silicon Valley
On Monday, over a trillion dollars was wiped off the US stock market due to the appearance of a Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek. The release of a new reasoning model, known as R1, l...
3 Feb 202531min
The South Sea Bubble
1720 was a year of two bubbles and a plague - The Mississippi Company in France –and the South Sea Bubble in England were the first large scale financial bubbles on record. In September 1720 - when th...
30 Jan 202542min
