America
When Oprah Meets Meghan
On Sunday 7th March 2021, the richest and most powerful woman in the world, the head the greatest empire ever known, Oprah Winfrey, will introduce to society a shy Z list mattress actress, Her Royal [more…]
Business
Business
Post Covid Conjectures
While speculation is rife about what the post-Covid economy will look like, we must remember that economic fundamentals are not susceptible to alteration. They may adapt to changed circumstances, but no external modifications in society [more…]
Business
Bitcoin Complacency Understandable but Dangerous
Let me make something clear at the outset of this article. I am a bitcoin supporter, I own bitcoin & the concept is brilliant & I have supported & observed it for years. Glad I [more…]
Business
Online Shopping
We’ve all done it, well most of us, haven’t we, oh OK then some of us have done it. Got an ID at an online grocery provider, logged on, booked a slot and ordered the [more…]
Business
Italy: The latest front of war on cash
Together with Germans and Greeks, Italians have long been the most stubborn and steadfast of Europeans in their love of cash. For years, they have resisted cards and digital payments and viewed with deep suspicion [more…]
Business
The Economic Chasm Confronting Us – A Layman’s Assessment
The huge economic harm caused by Covid-19 is seen and experienced clearly and directly on a daily basis. Less obvious is the damage wrought in every welfare-driven democracy whose government finds itself in the dual-role [more…]
Business
Dancing With the Dragon, Part One
China is one single indivisible territory containing one single indivisible people. It is the most populous nation on earth, the world’s second-biggest economy and has a longer continuous history than any other country – three [more…]
Business
An Open Letter to the Chancellor
Dear Chancellor, Fiscal Discipline The government reaction to the Coronavirus pandemic hypothesis has bordered on hysterical, but we are where we are & the unprecedented national debt is estimated at over two & one half [more…]
Authoritarianism
Pretext for Dystopia – You Lucky People, Part Two
Leading on from Part 1………. In the meantime, perhaps we should take the proposals of The Great Reset one by one and examine them in both pragmatic and ethical terms…….. No. 1 – Thanks to [more…]