Why central banks are increasingly buying gold and Bitcoin

This is the share of assets that the world’s central banks hold in gold. Right after the second war, central banks held over 70% of their assets in Gold. But, in just a few decades, this declined to just under 10% in 2010. However, now, that trend is reversing, with... [Read More]

If Spain is the world’s best economy, why are they so unhappy?

Spain is back! That is, according to The Economist, who crowned it the ‘rich’ world’s best economy in 2024, thanks to its rapid economic growth, low inflation, plummeting unemployment and amazing stock market performance. However, while many media outlets agreed, Spaniards … seem to disagree wholeheartedly, with over 63% of... [Read More]

Did China just pop the A.I. bubble?

China just released a new A.I. model that has led U.S. A.I. companies like Open A.I. as well as chip suppliers like Nvidia to shed trillions of Dollars in value overnight. So, did China just pop the A.I. bubble? To answer that question, we need to first ask ourselves some... [Read More]

Is the U.S. turning into an oligarchy?

So, here we are. We have arrived at a point where prominent politicians from BOTH the democratic and republican party feel like the U.S. has become an Oligarchy. But, is that true? Are U.S. billionaires like Michael Bloomberg, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and, perhaps even Donald Trump himself,... [Read More]

They dropped 10M in rural Africa. This is what happened.

The year is 2014, this is Siaya county in rural Kenya, it is about to become part of one of the biggest free money experiments in history, distributing millions of Dollars to one of the poorest areas on earth. This program is about to fundamentally change the lives of people... [Read More]