Currency must be defended from democratic interference

After the 2008 financial crisis, when the critical attention shifted from the economy to the most fundamental feature of all market economies, money, 2022, is turning out to be the year that puts the politics back into the monetary policy, with the impending fight for the next Conservative party leader between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, “to reduce the tax now or later”.  For over the last 30 years inflation was dormant despite the tremors of the tech crash and the global financial crisis, even the exceptional monetary policy implemented after 2008, failed to provoke any real political controversy. The … Continue reading Currency must be defended from democratic interference

L’Oreal heiress becomes first woman to amass $100 bn fortune

Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, L’Oreal heiress becomes first women to amass $100bn ( £78.5bn; €90.1bn) fortune according to ranking of di richest Pipo for di world. L’Oreal is the world’s largest cosmetics company’s which owns a wide portfolio of brands from Lance to Maybelline  which had more than £32.99 billion ( $42billion, €38 billion) in sales in 2022. Earlier this year L’Oreal bought Australian brand Aesop in a $2.5billion deal beating the previous record brand acquisition by the French beauty giant $1.7 billion purchase of YSL Beauty in 2008. Bettencourt  Meyers as the 12th richest person, just ahead of Makes Ambani … Continue reading L’Oreal heiress becomes first woman to amass $100 bn fortune