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Whether you’re in Istanbul’s Kapalı Çarşı haggling over those Adidas knock-offs, or on Facebook Marketplace getting a good deal on those jousting sticks, cash is king.  So when Hong Kong’s Zijin Mining Group moved yesterday to buy Canada-registered Allied Gold for $4B in cash, it seemed straightforward, considering… But there are still more layers here […]

Headlines have gravitated towards the Arctic and Davos this week, but a couple of world leaders ended up skipping out on the World Economic Forum, including Syria’s al-Sharaa. Sharaa’s excuse? Oh, just ISIS jailbreaks, domestic infighting, and a shaky ceasefire. So let’s dive in? Since the jihadist-turned-statesman toppled Syrian dictator Assad in December 2024, al-Sharaa […]

Jerome Powell has long given hope to lawyers everywhere. Yes, you too can pivot away from grinding billable hours through endless redlines to instead get rich in private equity before becoming the world’s most powerful central banker. But even being a registered Republican (and Trump 1.0 appointee!) couldn’t save Powell from a new DoJ probe […]

☝️ That’s the question on everyone’s lips, and one possible answer actually emerged during Iran’s last collapse in 1979: a theory of revolutions from Harvard’s Theda Skocpol. Skocpol later reflected on where her theory (more agrarian-peasant focused) went wide, but it still offers a useful guide, so let’s break it down and adapt it a […]