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Wednesday, 27 June 2012

The Block-Chain of infinite mystery: What the hell is Bitcoin?

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[Note: for my more recent article about bitcoin, see How to Explain Bitcoin to your Granny ] By now many people will have heard about...
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Monday, 4 June 2012

Forget postage stamps, let's securitise the Queen

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Yesterday's Jubilee caused great jubilation, or at least that's what BBC was saying. I kind of missed it, but I did think it was...
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Monday, 30 April 2012

The Safe Deposit Box: Creating a Financial Wikileaks

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If you were a bank employee with information about wrongdoing in your division, would you be happy to approach your senior manageme...
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Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Of Toast & the Precautionary Principle: Commodity speculation revisited

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Globalisation can lead to surreal situations. For example, several weeks ago I got a call from a Kenyan guy called Karim Ajania...
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Sunday, 19 February 2012

Glencore in the DRC: Building a case for shareholder activism

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Over the last year I've become somewhat intrigued by Glencore and other physical commodity traders. Part of that interest comes from ...
Tuesday, 31 January 2012

A new campaign is born! Banking on something better with MoveYourMoney UK

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I tried to spend Christmas day at the London Occupy camps, but truth be told, I couldn't stay there long and ended up wondering the C...
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Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Protectors of Treasure Island: Border Dragons of the Offshore Financial System

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Several hundred years back, the City of London was protected by a great stone wall, and access was controlled via several key gates ...
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