THE Covid pandemic which struck in February 2020 shattered the livelihoods of billions around the world and hundreds of thousands of lives were lost in the first year. In that year stock markets around the world reached record highs. Stock markets seem to thrive on human misery.
The war in Ukraine carries on, with no end in sight. Members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have rallied to give military assistance to the Ukraine government, and hundreds of billions of dollars of arms have been supplied already. While the lives of citizens in Ukraine are grinding along painfully, the. . .
