June Market Insights by James Thorne
Welcome to the Matrix: Cryptocurrencies Download this article as a PDF. “Denial is the most predictable of all human responses.” — The Architect, The Matrix, 1999. In The Matrix, one of the top cyberpunk movies of all time1, the protagonist, Neo, is offered the option of a red or blue pill by the […]
May Market Insights by James Thorne
Breaking Bad: Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) Going Mainstream Download this article as a PDF. “Now say my name…Heisenberg.” – Walter White, Breaking Bad (Season 5, Episode 7). According to the Urban Dictionary, to “break bad” is to reject social norms for one’s own gain, regardless of the legality or ethics. Breaking Bad[1] – the Netflix series – follows the evolution […]
April Market Insights by James Thorne
Download this article as a PDF. “Just because you despise me, you are the only one I trust.” (Casablanca, 1942) Perhaps one of the greatest films of all time, Casablanca is a love story about an American expat facing the moral dilemma of choosing between his love for a woman and helping the escape of her husband, a […]
March Market Insights by James Thorne
Download this article as a PDF. “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Depicting a period of dramatic social, technological and economic change, The Great Gatsby, set in 1922, is often seen as a somber critique of the American Dream. Jay Gatsby overcomes […]