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Issue 3/2020
Wrong on Huawei
The Canadian trial of Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Huawei and daughter of its founder, started this week. Meng was arrested as she was leaving Canada under orders by the United States for allegedly violating […] Read on →
Delivered on 21 January, 2020
Issue 2/2020
Privacy and industry concentration
Economist Timothy Taylor wrote a blog post last week, commenting that:“Concentration isn’t a good barometer of the extent of competition in the market,” says Chicago Booth’s Chad Syverson. “It’s not j […] Read on →
Delivered on 14 January, 2020
Issue 1/2020
Technology is no panacea
Technological progress is essential for improving living standards. It plays a major role - albeit one that is difficult to accurately measure - in improving productivity, and therefore income, for pe […] Read on →
Delivered on 06 January, 2020
Administration
Christmas shutdown
As mentioned in Issue 49 (newsletter only), we're taking a break over the holidays which means there will be no further updates until 7 January 2020. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Cheer […] Read on →
Posted by Justin Pyvis on 17 Dec, 2019
Issue 49/2019
Decentralising social media
Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Twitter, lit up the Twittersphere last week with a tweetstorm about his plans to potentially decentralise the service:Twitter is funding a small independent team of […] Read on →
Delivered on 17 December, 2019