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The Richter scale measures the magnitude of earthquakes. Imagine such a scale for political tyranny. What would it look like? If serious damage starts around 6, how would inflation, interest rates, excessive taxation, socialism and expropriation measure?

More than a full year into the Covid era and much has changed. Forever? And if so, which should we be most concerned about? Damage to the constitution, education, employment, ex-Covid mortality, or the future high price of raw materials and civil liberty?

Hopes for post-pandemic liberty are pinned on the efficacy of newly-created vaccines, produced at lightning speed thanks to advancements in artificial intelligence and biotechnology in the biggest straight-to-humans roll out of innovative medicine ever.

Ring lights? A mitigation strategy for the pallor of holiday-deprived employees forced to share the kitchen table during Zoom meetings; the lucky ones. By the end of April 2020, 1.6 billion workers were in danger of having their livelihoods destroyed.

Our lives are currently being ruled by statistics. Yet in March, we were as likely to die of Covid-19 by biking for seven miles across a large city or by being hit by an asteroid over a lifetime. What is all this fear doing to our minds and the markets?

Cannabis stocks finally rallied after news of a Democratic win in the US elections. In a rapidly greening world, it is likely to be hemp, marijuana’s non-psychoactive cousin, which offers reasons to invest in this multipurpose weed.