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Rudi Dornbusch, German economist whose final post was teaching at MIT, passed on plenty of acclaimed insight. Like this, later recounted by one of his students who became a Harvard professor; "Unsustainable situations go on for longer than you think. And when they collapse, that happens faster and harder than

More an internal moment of levity, this. Yet I couldn't let the continued terrorism of infrastructure disrupting, precious artwork soup smothering, and road blocking of a hysterically unhinged self-appointed elite go by. They've long since stopped being 'activists'. Now they are a deranged, criminal cult. Hated, yes truly, by the

London wine journalist Victoria Moore sums up wine aisle angst well when shopping; "The phrase “wall of wine” was coined long ago to describe the impenetrable feel of a display of bottles in a shop. Because where do you start? Without pulling the cork or unscrewing the cap, it’s

Feel free to Skip, if you've no desire to read on the 'green' debate ... Let me state from the start, as non-controversially as possible, I consider myself a bit of a Greenie. Not of the loony, cult zealotry, cave dwelling Marxist kind. But from what I'd suggest is the nuanced

First, indulge me a few lines of anti-dictatorial pushback. Despot Xi Jinping places his boot firmly on the throat of over a billion humans. Now denied any hope or indeed, basic dignity. He's been busy extorting five more years ruling his now personal fiefdom. The criminality that is the Chinese

World's Richest Man buys _____. Fill-in your own blank. Personal Plaything? Power & Influence? Status Symbol? Elon Musk pays (apparently well over the odds?) for Twitter. Give 'im his due though, the "sink in" stunt pic of said new owner walking into its head office, carrying a pristine white ceramic bathroom sink,

The problem is not the problem. The challenge is finding a way to position yourself/rearrange your environment so that the problem vanishes. When you do it right it’s like a magic trick. — Alsek dreams (@alsekdreams) October 5, 2022 Here's 'Twisdom' that might well relate to us in solution

I came across this American hospitality argot via reports of a 'lost in showbiz' incident. A talkshow host being barred from an NYC restaurant for being the rudest customer they'd ever suffered. A "tiny cretin of a man" to boot. After the publicity, a "profuse" apology followed and second chance

I recently happened across this term in relation to Marketeers' struggles to impress upon bean counters their wonderful 'effectiveness'. Principally due to speaking outside of the specific language Finance understands. Although as many a seller may ruefully attest, such hard numbered returns can often feel elusive when dealing with our