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The Future of the Professions: An Overview of Susskind and Susskind’s Book on How Technology is Altering the Employment Landscape
The Future of the Professions is a book authored by Daniel Susskind and Richard Susskind, released in 2015 by the Oxford University Press. The PDF attachment contains more information about the professional background of Richard Susskind. The book examines the ways in...
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Art as Collateral: Making an Art Investment More Profitable
Investing in art as an asset is highly illiquid, can be high-risk, is at the mercy of trends and changes in public opinion, is largely unregulated, and can attract high transaction costs. One positive factor for art investment that is becoming more popular in recent...
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Record-Breaking Fintech Investment 2018
Investment in fintech projects in 2018 reached the record-breaking figure of $30.8 billion in disclosed transaction value in 2018. This investment in fintech start-ups is almost double the amount invested in the sector in the previous year. Those working within the...
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Homo Deus: Exploring the Future of Humankind and Artificial Intelligence
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow is a book by Professor Yuval Noah Harari. You can learn more about the author in the embedded short video. Following on from his earlier tome Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus explores human history, evolution and...
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Entire Townley Art Collection Sold Via WeChat for Cryptocurrency
The contemporary British artist Lincoln Townley has made history by selling an entire artwork collection via social media platform WeChat, taking payment in cryptocurrency. The contemporary artist regularly embraces the use of social media platforms to promote and...
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The Fintech Revolution: Trends to Watch Out for in 2019
The fintech sector has been revolutionising the finance industry over the past decade. Advancements in technologies have led to a shift away from traditional banking and financial services towards convenient, customer-friendly, value-driven services, many of which are...
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Life 3.0: The Future According to Max Tegmark
Max Tegmark, a Swedish-American cosmologist, released a book in 2017 called Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. The book explores the impact of AI on the future of human life on Earth, looking at the possible implications for society (both...
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Inheritance and Estate Tax Planning: Art and Other Assets
Inheritance tax in the UK is reaching record levels, with an expected £900 million increase expected to be collected by the government over the next five years. If you are unsure what inheritance tax is, you can learn more about this and who must pay it via the PDF...
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Fintech: Offering an Alternative to Traditional Lending
Technology is introducing major changes into almost every industry in the world, with many previously human-operated systems becoming automated. The lending industry is no exception, with fintech providing platforms for a new form of lending aimed at small business...
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Investing in Art: A Growing Asset Class
Art as an asset class is enjoying a boom in popularity at present, with many investors choosing to diversify their portfolios by investing in a tangible piece of art (or two). It’s no wonder investors are keen to jump on the art bandwagon – over the past ten years,...
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