This paper examines whether gold, and gold mining stocks, were an effective hedge during the 2020 global pandemic and … 2008-2009 global financial crisis. Prior research suggests that gold’s hedging value is most evident during crisis periods …, but none has compared the 2008-2009 and 2020 episodes directly. Dynamic conditional correlations and hedge ratios are …

, culture choice and the New World Order -- 3. Growth without democracy: Has China’s time of rapid growth come to an end? -- 4 … banks in the post-Covid world -- 7. How the flows change when interest rates are normalized: Risks to economic and financial …This book explores the central economic and political issues defining the modern world. With contributions from a …