Polarization is on the rise. A structural decline is happening in America that’s shifting people into the margins based on education, beliefs, or ethnicity. Denial about the circuitousness of change is leaving casualties at the road side as individualized behaviors are dictated by black and white values and not pragmatism. Advocates animal rights will attack […]
Hot Day in August
It was a hot day much like this one back in August 1762. An overweight British bureaucrat in his mid-forties, who preferred to sit on his butt and gamble, as many Londoners knew, got hunger. His name was John Montagu and he was rich, had the title of Earl, was falsely empowered and as a […]
China’s Middle Class
China’s Middle Class Economic pundits are coming to grips with a new global realty check. The realization that industrialized double digit export growth in China is unsustainable. However, that has not deterred Chinese policymakers from eyeing new sustainable growth strategies to propel China into the preeminent world economic power. One secret weapon could […]
Change Happens (Part 2 of a 3-part series)
Encore Performance from 2003 Change Happens Part 2 of a 3-part series On January 1st 1999 a new reserve currency called the “Euro” was introduced and by July 16th 2002 the Euro would become the strongest currency in the world. September 19th 2000, China with its 1.2 billion citizens was granted permanent normal trade relations status […]
Change Happens (Part 1 in a 3 Part Series)
Change Happens Part 1 of a 3-part series On September 21st 2003 I attended a cocktail party at the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point. It was the day before graduation ceremonies and I had an opportunity to speak with the Key note speaker for the event. His name was Andrew Card, Chief […]
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