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A blog by Shakeel Hashim

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The Economist

Why China rents out its pandas

When can governments revoke citizenship?

Why the Mediterranean will eventually disappear

Free speech at university: Intolerance of intolerance

Protocol

Inside a SPAC: How it feels to go public with 2020’s hottest financial tool

Ecommerce is fragmenting. Shopify may be the glue that holds it together.

Why investors are in love with Jio

Giving What We Can

Improving economic conditions

Economic research

  • Some good things, May/June 2022
  • Cultural philanthropy: Influencing the culture to improve the world
  • Five restaurant recommendations for visitors to London
  • Some good things, April 2022
  • 13 musings from EA Global
  • Some recent articles
  • My review of “Whole Earth” and “We Are As Gods”
  • Notes on “The End of Invention”
  • More good things (books, films, restaurants)
  • In defence of astrology, tarot and divination
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