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15 articles
The Consumer-Replacement Experiment
There is a foundational error running through European economic policy — one so deeply embedded that it has become invisible to the people making it.
02 Apr 2026
Why Critics Say Europe Is Lost
In a recent analysis of reader reactions to the European Union's trajectory, we found a stark contrast between the official narrative and public sentiment.
28 Nov 2025
The European Union Kills Europe
The European Union was founded as a bold promise: a continent without barriers, where trade and cooperation would unleash economic dynamism.
23 Sept 2025
The EU's Broken Model
The European Commission sharply reduced its growth outlook on Monday, warning that trade tensions and geopolitical uncertainty risk further weakening the bloc’s fragile economy.
17 Sept 2025
Europe's Gap Widens
The continent that once gave the world the printing press, the jet engine and the World Wide Web is now conspicuously absent from the global tech vanguard.
21 May 2025
Europe's Illusion of Progress?
In recent months, a wave of cautious optimism has swept across European circles. Some claim that Europe is "back on track" — buoyed by a perceived slowdown in the United States.
24 Apr 2025
Europe Can Only Blame Itself
Large corporations and national governments are increasing pressure on the European Union to roll back elements of its ambitious sustainability agenda.
27 Jan 2025
Party Over Profits
Since taking office in 2012, Xi Jinping has prioritized ideological purity, national security, and Communist Party dominance. Additionally, he has insisted on tighter government regulation of the economy.
24 Oct 2022
Affirm, A Buy-Now-Pay-Later Winner?
Affirm, located in San Francisco, is a publicly traded financial technology startup. The company, which was founded in 2012, is a financial lender that provides consumers with instalment loans that they can use to finance purchases at the point of sale.
17 Apr 2022
Buy Now Pay Later Tumbles - Time To Buy?
Following the opening of an inquiry into the sector by the US consumer authority, shares of numerous "Buy Now, Pay Later" (BNPL) companies plummeted.
17 Dec 2021
Futu And Tiger Brokers Under Pressure
Futu Holding and UP Fintech Holding (the company behind Tiger Brokers), both U.S.-listed Chinese online brokerages, face regulatory concerns when China's new personal data privacy law takes effect on November 1, according to an analysis on the People's Daily website.
17 Oct 2021
China's Bitcoin Crackdown
China's central bank has called for the shutdown of a company that, "was suspected of providing software services for virtual currency transactions". The People's Bank of China also warned institutions not to provide other services related to virtual currency.
11 Jul 2021
Didi Gets Slammed
The shares of Didi Global last traded at about $12, well below their initial price of $16.65 on June 30 - a fall in market capitalisation of about $19 billion.
11 Jul 2021
Kambi, The 76% Growth Monster
Kambi Group PLC is a B2B provider of sports betting services offering a software platform with front end user interface, odds compiling, customer intelligence and risk management.
30 Jun 2021
China's Tech Play
China’s technology stocks have been pressured by political hurdles as the governing party tries to reign in the power of its own tech giants. As a result, companies such as Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent are trading at historically low multiples and at lower levels than before the pandemic struck.
30 Jun 2021
