EDITOR’S PICKS
COVID-19: Have we forgotten about climate change?
Climate change and Covid-19, the two major C-words running the world the past few years. Initially, the lockdowns seemed good for the state of the planet, with significantly reduced car and manufacturing emissions. However, as Kai-Yun Gao wrote in the very first Bulletin Edition, the Covid-19 pandemic caused a surge in disposable medical equipment in the interest of protecting healthcare professionals.
ISSIE DEKKER 29 May 2023
How close is the US to economic Armageddon?
“Unprecedented economic and financial storm,” were the words chosen by US treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, when asked to give her thoughts on what would come to pass should the US default. On the one hand, they may be ignored as the ramblings of another paranoid economist trying to have their Burry Big Short moment.
SKIP GEE 22 May 2023
Hindenburg Research: Will it soar or crash and burn?
In January, a little-known hedge fund rose from obscurity to declare war on one of the world's richest men. Only months later, Hindenburg Research is at it again, taking aim at a legend of wall street.
JAMES MACLEAN 15 May 2023
The new kid on the block
ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence language model developed by OpenAI, is one of the most advanced and powerful language models in the world. Trained on a massive dataset of human language, ChatGPT is capable of generating coherent and contextually relevant text in response to a wide range of prompts and questions. As such, the implications of ChatGPT are wide-ranging and significant, with the potential to impact numerous areas of society.
ANISTON INGER-HOLLAND 8 May 2023
K-Content: Netflix's Key to Success
When Netflix first started in 1997, they were a small company wanting to apply Amazon’s model with books to DVDs (a new technology at the time). They snuck into a $16 billion industry with 30 employees and 925 DVD titles. In 2023, Netflix is estimated to be worth $140 billion (over 8x the amount of the industry they originally entered) and is one of the most recognisable brands in the world.
HANNAH JONES 01 May 2023
The rise of Decentralised Finance
The world of finance has undergone significant changes recently, with decentralised finance (DeFi) growing in popularity. DeFi is a new way of doing finance that's based on blockchain technology, which lets people do things like lending, borrowing, and trading without having to go through traditional banks. DeFi’s growth has caused headaches for regulatory bodies in the banking sector
FAHEEM IBRAHIM 24 Apr 2023