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December 10th, 2025

#100 — Our Future is Biotech

The biggest investment trend most people still haven't noticed If you’ve followed me for a while, you will hopefully be aware that I’ve been involved with the life sciences and biotech sector for more than ten years. From 2021 to last year, I spent three years particularly focused on the ...

by Andrew Craig

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December 5th, 2025

#99 — How to Own the World Before You're 30

The book you asked me to write is finally here... Today I'm thrilled to share that How to Own the World Before You’re 30 is finally here. This is the simpler, younger-reader version of my original bestseller — designed for older teens right through to people in their 20s and early 30s (o...

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October 15th, 2025

#98 — A massive stock market crash is coming? And...?

Markets are Looking Toppy... Today I'm delighted to share the latest video from our YouTube channel with you. This week we look at the increasing likelihood of an impending stock market crash. There is a great deal in the mainstream press and all over social media at the moment suggesting ...

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October 1st, 2024

#97 — Our biggest problem - hiding in plain sight

Yesterday afternoon I was delighted to share my latest podcast interview, this time with the delightful Colin Campbell of CamBro Conversations. We covered just how life-changing biotech is about to be for so many of us and how exciting this is. That having been said, we also spent a fair ...

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August 11th, 2024

#96 — Why there is no such thing as the "right" diet...

As I said in our article a couple of weeks ago, ahead of the publication of, Our Future is Biotech, we will be sharing some key ideas from the book which I hope you might find interesting and possibly even helpful for your health and mental health too. A key ...

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August 3rd, 2024

#95 — Why are so many diseases on the rise? And what can we do about it?

Ahead of the publication of my new book, Our Future is Biotech, we will be sharing some of the key ideas contained in the book which I hope you might find interesting. The middle section of the book is all about biotech's potential impact on our health and mental health. ...

by Andrew Craig

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July 26th, 2024

#94 — "Our Future is Biotech"

I’m writing today to share the happy news that my new book Our Future is Biotech is about to be published. It is already available to pre-order on Amazon in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand in print, e-book and audiobook formats. The book has been a la...

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November 26th, 2023

#93 — Video: Pessimists Sound Smart, Optimists Make Money

Watch now on YouTube Video Transcript Hello and welcome back to the Plain English Finance YouTube channel. This is our second video in the new series we have started posting from November 2023 onwards. The heading of this video and today’s topic as you will have seen is: “Pessimists sound smar...

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November 16th, 2023

#92 — Video - The Key to Financial Freedom: Investing First Principles...

Watch now on YouTube Video Transcript Hello and welcome to the Plain English Finance YouTube channel. I’m Andrew Craig – Author of top-selling finance book “How to Own the World” and Founder of financial education website – Plain English Finance.com. In the last few years I’ve written three books and publishe...

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November 12th, 2023

#91 — Key Resources

0ver the years since founding Plain English Finance, we’ve had lots of people ask us about the “best” financial products and services. Often the “right” answer in terms of answering questions about such things will be highly subjective and depend on the person involved. That said, below we have listed som...

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