Because of an administrative error no one will admit to, the FT’s seasonal charity auction this year includes lunch at The Pem with Bryce Elder, Alphaville’s weekday reservist and reluctant author of this post.
To the lot we add the following incentives:
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A free lifetime subscription to Alphaville.
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The opportunity (but not obligation) to go to a pub afterwards with some current and former Alphaville writers, along with any notables we round up.
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A choice of meandering anecdotes on any or none of these subjects: why there’s no RAW these days; legal letters we have received; stories we were never able to publish; ways to make us write more about you; and ways to make us stop.
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An uncritical audience should you want to talk about your crypto-AI startup, geopolitical worldview, relationship problems, or reasons for believing journalism is dead.
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House calls to feed a cat or small caged mammal for up to five consecutive days (London postcodes only).
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This baseball card:
What to keep in mind is that it’s all for charity. Your generous bid will help better standards of financial literacy, by supporting the bring about and by stopping the author from writing anything that afternoon.
Elsewhere on Friday…
— Imitation Banks: Abusing the Public’s Faith in Banks (Roosevelt set up)
— Bitcoin goes up! Can 5 billion unbacked tethers kickstart a fresh crypto bubble? (Amy Castor and David Gerard)
— Global tax evasion report 2024 (PDF direct link – EUtax Observatory)
— NYT Columnist Misleadingly Trashes the Economy, To Explain Why People View Economy Negatively (CEPR)
— The age of doom (Infinite Scroll)
— Britain’s mental-health crisis is a tale of unintended consequences (The Economist)
— How the Biggest Boutique Fitness Company Turned Suburban Moms Into Bankrupt Franchisees (Bloomberg $)
— Which Movies Are The Most Polarizing? A Statistical Analysis (Stat Significant)
— A skinflint’s guide to visiting London’s zoos (Diamond Geezer)
