farmland

Question for you: Which distinctly British asset class has offered the most attractive returns over the past decade? Central London property? Not even close, even if it has done rather well. UK farmland is the answer, having more than…

In the ongoing series of posts on technology's threat to existing labor roles, Global Macro Monitor highlights this video on robot farmers.

The “smart money” has been buying up farmland hand over fist for the past few years and you can see how they helped drive up land prices in the U.S. heartland. Some think this is the place to be if the shit really hits the fan. Not gold,…

The most important debate of our lifetimes is now ongoing. The question: Should the ECB “write the check’ for the euro area national governments? In thinking about the answer to this all-important question, I prefer to shift the focus by…

Jim Grant spoke to Bloomberg News earlier today about the sovereign debt crisis. He says the fundamental question is "What will the European Central Bank do next?" His answer: they will "print money". He believes that all of the central…