America
This could work America!
Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion. Michael Jordan. Can you imagine your boss saying to you that instead of a five day workweek you could work a four day [more…]
Business
Business
How My Grandchildren Learned to Love Commerce
My three grandchildren’s other set of grandparents live just off the seventeenth green of a golf course in California. This set of grandparents hosted a multi-generation family vacation at their home this summer. The California [more…]
Business
Plain Truths Need Repetition
“The Government has a duty to the next generation to build more homes” – reads a recent headline, quoting the Housing Minister, whose choice of words masks his preferred role, which is to get out [more…]
Arts
The Confession of Saint Gareth of Southgate
In a difficult week that included the England team being booed for taking the knee, Tuesday the 8th of June saw England manager Gareth Southgate’s Letter to England published on The Players’ Tribune website. Players’ [more…]
Authoritarianism
So……….. Why do our Political & Corporatist Classes love Chyyyyna?
In a recent Spectator article, Niall Ferguson worried about the infatuation that the ruling class of the West have for the Chinese system of governance & their clear desire to imitate it. Unfortunately, he fails [more…]
Business
Government as the Ultimate Cause of the Tragedy of the Commons
A good definition of the Tragedy of the Commons is that “Resources that are un-owned and/or un-ownable will be plundered to extinction”. Consider the fishes of the seas, especially those that migrate such as whales [more…]
America
A salute to small business owners!
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, ‘Where’s the self-help section?’ She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. George Carlin! The above has nothing to do with this blog!! [more…]
Business
A fork in the road: Digital Fiat vs. Decentralized Money
I have long thought about and written about the incredible opportunities that decentralized digital technologies have brought forward, especially when it comes to solving financial and monetary problems. The more these technologies and their applications [more…]
Arts
Memories of Japan, Centre Point to Osaka
In 1985 I worked for Mitsubishi Electric and that gave me the privilege of visiting Japan three times and getting to know something of the Japanese working and business psyche. It introduced me to Japanese [more…]