Delete your investing apps. Convenience and investing do not mix
July 21, 2021 5:30 am“How to be a brilliant investor” is not an idea suitable for a newsletter, because the newsletter would be only... View Article
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A rocketeer’s take on the new space race
July 20, 2021 5:45 amThis is the column I had convinced myself not to write on the billionaire space race. I have mostly stopped... View Article
Could it be time to ponder the possibility of a Minsky Moment?
July 19, 2021 5:30 amFinancial bubbles are inevitable. Unfortunately, this is not a controversial statement. The undoubted benefits of capitalism seem only available with... View Article
Northern Ireland confronts its past: discomforting truths about the peace process in a world of mirrors and shards of glass
July 17, 2021 5:30 amBrian Cowen had important interactions with Sinn Féin when he was Minister for Foreign Affairs in a Bertie Ahern-led government... View Article
Ireland can have its cake at 12.5% and eat it at 15%
July 16, 2021 5:15 amAs the world approaches a deal on multinational tax reform, Ireland is between two stools. Following an interim deal on... View Article
As the sand shifts on corporation tax, Ireland needs to start thinking about enterprise and not just jobs
July 15, 2021 6:00 amIndustrial policy is the tool nations use to define their place in the world. A country’s industrial strategy coordinates a... View Article
The case of Michael Reilly, the consultant engineer, highlights yet again the urgent need to reform Ireland’s shambolic defamation regime
July 14, 2021 5:15 amMichael Reilly, a consultant engineer, first learned about the story while he was driving in northern France on a minibreak... View Article
Sean Keyes on investing: what investors do for society
July 14, 2021 5:15 amWhen should a company be left to die? I wrote about dying companies last week in the context of ESG investing.... View Article
Hope and hype: central bank digital currencies are like the Arsenal football team – great in theory but limited in practice
July 13, 2021 5:15 amCentral banks have started to get in on the cryptocurrency act, with upwards of 50 central banks investigating how to... View Article
Leo Varadkar and Facebook Ireland boss Gareth Lambe answer five questions about our remote working future
July 12, 2021 5:15 amA thing that didn’t escape Facebook Ireland boss Gareth Lambe’s attention was the Microsoft Work Trend Index report last March.... View Article
