Recessions and pandemics accelerate automation. Yet warnings of a jobless future are overblown.
Economist
The case against Shakespeare
The Bard has had 400 years in the limelight. It’s time our academic obsession came to an end.
Allan Stratton - The Walrus
Good pod this: Scott Galloway speaks with Raoul Pal
The pod covers much ground, including:
Why the digital asset space is disrupting everything...
The future of blockchain...
Why Bitcoin is eating the world...
How Bitcoin can be the catalyst towards clean energy...
Tokenized real estate...
The launch of community tokens that rewards behavior...
Raoul Pal is the Co-Founder and CEO of Real Vision, a financial media platform, which helps members understand the complex world of finance, business, and the global economy.
He prides himself on being a business cycle economist, investment strategist, and economic historian.
Pal has run a successful global macro hedge fund, co-managed Goldman Sachs’ hedge fund sales business in Equities and Equity Derivatives in Europe, and helped design the BBC TV program Million Dollar Traders, training participants in investment and risk management strategy.
Good pod this.
How this summer’s staycation boom could change the world
The staycation trend may fuel the growth of economies already doing relatively well after COVID-19, while setting back those doing badly. This was the conclusion of a recent report by Bernstein, a research firm, which estimated the economic impact of 60% of outbound tourism spending being used at home instead.
Economist
Britain’s hoteliers are looking forward to a bumper staycation summer, but through gritted teeth: The Times reports the luxury sector, in particular, has had a disastrous year and many operators fear that when the tap of government support is turned off, business failures are inevitable.