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‘Disruptive Technologies’ and ‘Outside Context Problems’

“Disruptive” seems to be the mot-du-jour. We have seen technologies arise that have been “game-changers” (another phrase that is equally as facile). However these technologies provide both opportunities and threats to investors.

By Paddington B. | Published 2013-06-29 05:22:08 |

IPSA – Not looking great

IPSA (IPSA) is a company that was established to develop, own and operate power generation capacity in southern Africa. Things have not worked out fantastically for the company. It has a market capitalisation of three and a half million sterling. It also has net debt of more than eight million.

By Paddington B. | Published 2013-06-26 07:55:09 |

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KUSSSB7 Nov 2026

As a layman I have a much clearer picture, thankyou.Please repeat podcast following Anthropic IPO.

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BURIEDTREASURE7 Nov 2026

Barry says "if this trade unwinds it does completely crash the economy" as if there is a way to avoid it. By some measures the biggest bubble the world economy has ever seen cannot be kept inflated indefinitely, nor can it be made to deflate slowly and gently float down. Or at least that has never been seen with the biggest bubbles the world has ever seen previously. Interesting times ahead.

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MAYFAIRMAN7 Nov 2026

Please produce some data to back up your claim that the government by which you mean the Bank of England as the government has no control over the money supply, is printing money. What is increasing, is it M1, M2 or M3 and by how much? I strongly suspect that the inflation we are seeing today is input cost inflation, largely caused by the increase in energy costs as a result of the war started by the orange faced idiot and his puppet master Netanyahu. Energy costs are pervasive, influencing every aspect of the economy and your suggestion of reducing the taxes on energy is populist nonsense. Would you have the government borrowing even more money than it is now, or dare I say it, printing money?

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PHIL55667 Nov 2026

Benefits increases of 3.9%. public sector pay increases of 3.3%. 4.1% increase in minimum wage.I have no idea where some inflation comes from?Though of course all these people have to choose between heating and eating.

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MAYFAIRMAN6 Nov 2026

Money printing schmoney printing, what you say makes no logical sense. Inflation can have many causes and money printing is certainly one of them, but neither the Federal Reserve nor the Bank of England are printing money at the moment. If they were printing money they would not need to borrow money. Why would you borrow money at 5% if you can print it? Both countries are borrowing huge amounts, record amounts, ergo they are not printing noney. And you call your self an evonomist!

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PIEROTLUNAIRE6 Nov 2026

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