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Campaign promises, and a dose of reality

2nd December 2019 Emile Woolf 2165 Comments

As my regular readers know, most of my essays are forays into challenging economic issues. They reflect my own attempts to gain an understanding of their underlying principles. But there’s a lot riding on the [more…]

18th Century

Are the aims of nationalism and protectionism the same?

18th November 2019 Emile Woolf 2004 Comments

The ideology of “nationalism” is characterised by the unstinting promotion of a particular nation’s interests, possibly regardless of detriment caused to the interests of other nations. Nationalism may therefore be considered a form of patriotism, [more…]

Emile Woolf, Going Postal
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The Gulf Between Rich & Poor

5th November 2019 Emile Woolf 2497 Comments

We are well into the protest season. The long run-up to the election period has been characterised by one protest after another – no-deal Brexit, climate change, arms sales, Tommy Robinson, police brutality, capitalism, Trump’s [more…]

Economics

Understanding economics needs a solid base

28th October 2019 Emile Woolf 5146 Comments

Economics is a set of principles that explain how our various needs and wants may be satisfied. The Greek origin of the word “economics” can be roughly, but aptly, translated as “good housekeeping”, and any [more…]

Emile Woolf, Going Postal
Business

Every Folly Has Its Consequences

7th October 2019 Emile Woolf 2496 Comments

The great Spanish master, Francisco Goya, expressed it concisely: “The sleep of reason produces monsters”. Today, wherever you look, insanity masquerades as rational thought. Lunatics flout their blatantly potty views as if they carried the [more…]

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Keeping Economics Simple

23rd September 2019 Emile Woolf 2950 Comments

The US Department of Defence is a major customer of many private sector suppliers, including the Boeing Company. Although relationships between customer and supplier are mutually beneficial, that is by no means the only reason [more…]

Economics

We Are Presented With A Unique Opportunity

9th September 2019 Emile Woolf 6216 Comments

There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a [more…]

Economics

“Sticking to Your Guns” – and Other Failed Strategies

12th August 2019 Emile Woolf 1911 Comments

There can be little doubt that tenacity is a great virtue. It means holding on to something important, something you believe in, no matter what. The trouble with tenacity, however, is that it does not [more…]

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