The general public is starting to warm to the idea that psychedelics, just like marijuana, should be legalized, or, at the very least, removed from the Schedule I list. On April 16, 1943, a Swiss chemist by the name of Albert Hofmann accidentally ingested a drug he created five years […]
«Obviously she is triggered by the historic number of GOP women elected to Congress who will fire Nancy Pelosi once and for all in 2022». «There are millions of Americans suffering, our economy is hurting, vaccine distribution is lagging and Nancy Pelosi and the House Democrats are worried about this […]
Louis-Vincent Gave, CEO and co-founder of Gavekal Research, sees a dramatic paradigm shift playing out in the world economy. In this in-depth conversation, he explains how investors should position themselves for the future. Louis-Vincent Gave is a master of the big picture. The co-founder of Hong Kong-based research boutique Gavekal is […]
You were a strong proponent of lockdowns initially but have since changed your mind. There are a few reasons why I supported lockdowns at first. First, initial data falsely suggested that the infection fatality rate was up to 2–3%, that over 80% of the population would be infected, and modelling […]
I write under a pseudonym because, if my colleagues were to find out about my criticisms of this field, I would be unable to find any employment in academia. That someone who critiques the axioms of a field of study feels compelled to write under an assumed name tells you […]
«If you feel like you gave the majority of your life to your country and you’re not being listened to, that is a hard pill to swallow. That’s why she was upset,» said Roger Witthoeft, the brother of Ashli Babbitt, in an interview with The New York Times. Babbitt served […]
Lately, it has become fashionable to debate what is, or is not, “money-printing” by central banks. This debate is natural, due to the extreme policy nature of 2020, with massive fiscal expenditures, huge increases in central bank balance sheets, and changes in central bank inflation targets. It’s important to know […]
How far can the political leaders of rule-breaking politicians push law-abiding citizens to follow pandemic lockdown rules which seem increasingly arbitrary, nonsensical and unfair. «Don’t go to church» coming from governments whose members flew out of the country for sun and fun. Finally, after almost a year into this pandemic, […]
Many market participants continue to be surprised by the resiliency of the stock market, even in the face of rising bond yields and the recent scene at the capitol. Banks tend to prefer steeper yield curves, and that’s exactly what the market has been giving them. This is the second […]
The tests, which claimed to «diagnose COVID-19 in less than an hour,» were sourced from Ottawa company Spartan Bioscience Inc. «The Government of Canada has a procurement contract with Spartan to secure supply of these devices,» a Health Canada briefing note from May stated. «The contract is conditional on the […]