How US-China Trade Has Changed
A year of disruption in charts... After an apparent detente between America and China in late 2018, trade relations soured again at the...
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Kris Clements
Dec 2, 20194 min read
The World Economy’s Strange New Rules
Rich-world economies consist of a billion consumers and millions of firms taking their own decisions. But they also feature mighty public...
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Kris Clements
Nov 12, 20194 min read
The Message from the World’s Biggest and Wildest IPO
The drilling of the first modern well in Pennsylvania in 1859 set oil on a path that led to the heart of economics and geopolitics. Oil...
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Kris Clements
Oct 26, 20193 min read
£20 Note: New Design for Britain's Most-Forged Banknote
The new design of Britain's most common, and most forged, banknote has been unveiled by the Bank of England. Security features on the...
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Kris Clements
Oct 11, 20195 min read
Technology is Making Inflation Statistics an Unreliable Guide to the Economy
Amazon is used to fielding accusations: that it has killed off physical retail business, that it mistreats warehouse workers, that it...
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Kris Clements
Sep 18, 20193 min read
Talking Trash: Smart Solutions for Keeping Our Cities Clean
As our cities expand, improving waste management is becoming an urgent issue. Smart approaches to trash collection are becoming an...
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Kris Clements
Aug 17, 20192 min read
UK Business Investment has Fallen
Growth in the UK economy has slowed Growth in the UK economy has been volatile during the first half of this year in part because of...
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Kris Clements
Jul 29, 20192 min read
Tesla's New 'Megapack' - Energy Storage Facility
Less than two years ago, Tesla built and installed the world’s largest lithium-ion battery in Hornsdale, South Australia, using Tesla...
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Kris Clements
May 24, 20193 min read
Buying Nuclear Fuel is Back in Fashion
Investment funds vie with utilities for a piece of uranium On December 3rd McIntyre Partnerships, a hedge fund in New York that normally...
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Kris Clements
Apr 6, 20192 min read
How to Tax Sugary Drinks
Even allowing for the fact that people like sugar, a tax is desirable Sugar taxes are on a high. Around 40 countries and seven American...
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Kris Clements
Feb 18, 20194 min read
How Compatible are Democracy and Capitalism?
Of late the world’s older democracies have begun to look more vulnerable than venerable. America seems destined for a constitutional...
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Kris Clements
Jan 5, 20193 min read
Ocado - Supermarket, not Tech Startup
In a cavernous shed on an industrial park in Hampshire, hundreds of robots are at work in the “hive”. In Ocado’s latest Customer...
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Kris Clements
Dec 18, 20184 min read
The World’s Most Valuable Resource is no longer Oil, but Data
The data economy demands a new approach to antitrust rules A NEW commodity spawns a lucrative, fast-growing industry, prompting antitrust...
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Kris Clements
Nov 24, 20181 min read
America's Path towards Decarbonisation
Climate policy in America has always been an up-and-down affair. But few reversals have been as dramatic as the replacement of Barack...
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Kris Clements
Nov 7, 20182 min read
HSBC hits $25bn Sustainability Projects Milestone
HSBC has provided more than $USD 25 billion in sustainable financing over the past year, supporting projects such as renewable energy and...
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