Nowadays, one defining feature of modern society is perpetual connection. Social media galore; endless entertainment; an uninterrupted stream of noise. One could argue there is barely a moment left in which someone is truly bored, truly unreachable, or even truly alone. Never before have people spoken so constantly, shared so much of themselves, or remained…

[12 min. read] On an unassuming July morning a couple of decades ago, a series of Asian economies entered freefall. It was on July 2nd 1997 that the Thai baht — fuelled by hot money and propping up Thailand’s bubble economy — unexpectedly, or rather inevitably, crashed. What followed across the region was a sequence…

As of writing, a massive intergenerational wealth transfer is underway – if not already happening as we speak. This is not a passive transfer of wealth. It is an active competition over who captures it. Who is preying on whom? To put it simply: -> Sellers under time pressure → become price-takers -> Capital exploits…