Trade Trauma Goes on Red Alert
It’s something many believed would have been over with by now. But with daily tweets, insults, accusations, the back-and-forth trade dispute between the United States and China has begun to hit a critical point for many firms and business. The most recent sign: the big stock sell-off last week. – August 29 / Korn Ferry
What Markets and Riots Have in Common
There is no doubt markets are in crisis even if reality has not sunk in because of the ferocity of the moves and uncertainty in the air, courtesy of, mainly, Donald Trump. – August 20 / High-Net-Worth
The Net Worth Of Every 2020 Presidential Candidate
Everyone knows Donald Trump is rich. But how about the 25 people jockeying to replace him as president? – August 18 / Forbes
What If Hong Kong Falls?
The Worst-Case Scenario for Travel. – August 16 / Skift
Has 2019 Killed The Heel?
The interesting thing isn’t that women have been abandoning high heels. The interesting thing is how many of them aren’t willing to go back. – August 14 / Refinery 29
The Unbearable Whiteness of Being Ivanka Trump
A life of failing upwards, paved by a road of white lies and white privilege, has allowed the favored first daughter to reign supreme. – August 14 / Vanity Fair
The Power of Extreme Influencers
For better or worse, small but incredibly influential groups can change the course of political debate. But is this leading us to hold more polarised views? – August 14 / BBC News
Hong Kong Protesters Turn to Uber and Pokemon
In late July, Hong Kong protesters returning from a demonstration were attacked by a group of men wearing white shirts. Soon afterwards, anonymous adverts appeared online calling for a mass Pokemon Go hunt in a town where the suspected attackers had congregated a week earlier. – August 9 / BBC News
How Asset Managers Can Win in a Winner-Takes-All World
After several years of stellar performance, the asset management industry found in 2018 that it had to adjust. – August 8 / BCG
