Sharpen Your Axe

About the Substack

How to think critically about the news and current affairs without getting conned by gurus selling fringe views defended by conspiracy theories

About Rupert Cocke

I am a Barcelona-based financial journalist and I want to share some tools that will help non-journalists think critically about news and current affairs. The views expressed in this newsletter are my own and not those of my employer.

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