The BREXIT Moment Celebrated by Trump Grovelling by Fidelito Read on Substack
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Charting the Economic Course with Mohamed El-Erian
Very interesting presentation; The complete reversal of the core principles of “The Washington Consensus” & a Globalisation vision that’s been replaced by one of fragmentation due in part to complex geopolitical challenges/choices we face in this day and age.
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State of the “Union” Concept: Hey, what’s happening?
It’s becoming clear to me (sadly) that the EU as a promising concept as it was, founded mainly on values is being transformed into a convenient transactional business arrangement. To be member of the club you may need to from time to time and when pushed hard show your “values” […]
Read More The UK Post Office Scandal: The Price of Corporate Greed & Corruption
A truly disgraceful example of miscarriage of justice. The focus now in my opinion should be on 2 quite specific things; 1. Ensuring accountability is not brushed away with compensations to all victims who suffered heavy penalties for crimes they never committed due to corporate greed/corruption of the first order. […]
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Tucker Carlson; the “Tour Guide at heart” guided gently out of Fox News
Tucker Carlson (a Tour Guide at heart) has finally been guided gently out of Fox News. But now who’s gonna help guide Fox News out of the Media industry? The core problem that we should know by now after repeated hard lessons of the past and present is the fact […]
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Jacinda Ardern – Redefining Leadership
Jacinda Ardern in my opinion is someone who has redefined many qualities of leadership and at the same time has debunked so many stereotypical visions/expectations – our own visions/expectations mind you – of what it takes to be one. I truly hope we take note of this true leader and […]
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Access to Photo Purchase Options / Accès aux options d’achat de photos
Recently I received quite a few queries on this site from subscribers asking how to purchase photos in posts I publish. This is done by subscribing to my site at fidelitospix.com using the contact form on the site which is used as a verification mechanism on the platform used called […]
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Thomas Cook – Yet Another British Industry Icon Allowed to Swiftly Bite the Dust (updated)
The disgusting state of affairs in this country seems to have no boundaries. While we’re still in the midst of the BREXIT shambles we are hit by yet another strike with the news that Thomas Cook the British travel icon is being allowed to bite the dust for the 2nd […]
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Market Crash 2008: Lessons Unlearned
Here is a brilliant documentary I came across recently and thought may be useful to share about the 2008 market crash. The reason I believe it is interesting to watch is because in many ways it pinpoints the birthdate of present day populism and extreme right politics. A conversation that […]
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The Lost Lesson of the Financial Crisis (commentary)
A very interesting article by Mohamed A. El-Erian, Chief Economic Adviser at Allianz, someone I truly respect and I highly recommend reading the article; link below. I would also like to add the following comment on his article because I do feel that sometimes financial analysts/experts overanalyse issues related to […]
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Kushner called Lockheed CEO about $100B Saudi arms deal (Commentary)
This article (link below) demonstrates the mess that has become of the Business of Government-or rather the Business in Government-in the United States. It is truly shocking the level at which US government has been overtaken by Business and headed by one of the most corrupt businessmen in history. Business […]
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Behavioral Economics and The Pattern of Thought
A very interesting interview about Biases in Human Judgement, here are key take aways; The area of Behavioral Economics pioneered by 2 Israeli social scientists; Daniel Kahneman & Amos Tversky Human Mind not wired to make probabilistic judgements a) Blindness to statistical truths b) Better in story telling-skewed in predictable […]
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A Chinese company just bought the U.K. prime minister's local pub: Commentary
Talk about migration, but spare a thought for a situation where core and/or traditional business are no longer part of national economy. I support prudent oversight of Foreign Investment because I do not believe that over-reliance on it is a sound economic policy in the long term.
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European Economy & Financial Future: An American View: by Professor Lawrence H. Summers
Lecture was hosted by The American Academy in Berlin. Some talking points include; German Centrality to Europe Recent Financial Crisis in Europe as Compared to 1920 where a similar technological boom occurred (demonstrating importance of achieving both Economic growth + Financial Management/balanced income distribution) Reflection on European Single Market & Monetary […]
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