$: the lord almighty, our master
November 28, 202115th August 1971: surely the most important date of the 20th century for economics and finance, the day that marked the decision of US President Nixon to unpeg the dollar from gold. Taken on a Sunday evening, before the opening of the markets, it introduced a new era: that of a currency underpinned solely…
Tribute to America
December 24, 2020Dear readers, I have the pleasure of announcing to you my second article in a series of analyses that I wish to dedicate to the United States of America. Here is the first, What the hell’s the presidency for?, published 14 December 2020. All of American history – from 1776 to…