EU vs Big Tech: Brussels’ bid to weaken the digital gatekeepers
Three years ago, the EU launched what seemed at the time to be a bold antitrust move against Google. The company was fined €2.42bn after...
Author : Nelli Avetisyan
Europe Seeks to Boost Pandemic-Damaged Economy by Spending
Europe hopes to spur an economic recovery from the pandemic by boosting government spending, a shift in strategy from the 2008 financial crisis that economists...
Managerial practices influence the ability of economies to weather large shocks
The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the importance of the swift reorganisation of tasks and logistics in cushioning economic shocks. While it is too early to...
Silicon Valley start-up Carta to launch private stock market in new year
The $3.1bn Silicon Valley software start-up Carta will launch its long-awaited private share-trading market in the new year, following months of delays as it addressed...
Warning lights are flashing for Big Tech as they did for banks
When bankers got too clever and our businesses too complex, we all suffered the consequences. The 2008 financial crisis touched so many of us because...
PODCAST: Greg Fleming on Shaping Wall Street
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Greg Fleming, who is the president and CEO of Rockefeller Capital Management. Prior to leading Rockefeller Capital Management,...
What the world can learn from the Covid-19 pandemic
The most important single thing we have learnt from Covid-19 is how much damage may be done by a relatively mild pandemic by long-term historical...
PODCAST: Global stimulus posing future risks; markets stable, growth struggling
Financial markets, including currencies, are showing no dislocations despite surging global debt and aggressively stimulative monetary policy. And even more aggressive policy may in store...
Banks roll out robots as pandemic shakes up IT plans
When banks were flooded with loan requests from businesses struggling with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, hastily built robots helped several lenders cope with...
In A Changing World, The Old Economics May No Longer Apply
One must be careful in interpreting data. The world has changed, and it impacts how people behave and ultimately the resulting data. The recent Retail Sales data...