Countries with financial services tend to specialise as they need a critical mass of expertise. Luxembourg's speciality is investment fund management. The financial institution I was working for… (View Post)

Dubai gets a surprisingly easy pass from liberal democracies given how much it facilitates organised crime and sanctions busting and has a politically unhelpful government. (View Post)

Americans didn't have a horrible choice. They had a right* choice and a wrong choice. They went for the wrong choice when it should have been clear to everyone it was the wrong choice. Maybe it&… (View Post)

Actually on topic. It really is the fault of the voters. It should be obvious to all who have the dimmest grasp of politics that Farage, like Trump, is a grifter of the highest order... but there we … (View Post)

I recommend a stay of a couple of days in Singapore. You will learn everything you need to know about the city state, and will be rightfully impressed. If you stay another ten years you won't le… (View Post)