Unibail Rodamco And Westfield – Markets Don’t Really Work Quite Like That
It's entirely true that there's money to be made even in a declining market. Being better at making a return on capital than the...
US China Agreement – But Countries Don’t Trade With Each Other, People Do
This latest announcement about the trade spat between the US and China shows a certain lack of understanding of the basics here. For they've...
The Observer On Sir Philip Green And BHS- How Does This Work Then?
It is necessary to ponder a moment to grasp the full idiocy of this view being promulgated by The Observer. One must taste the...
THE METROPOLITANS — Episode Eleven
A saga of everyday life in the Big L and a wry look at contemporary culture
Episode Eleven
The door opened, and Fatima came in. ‘How’s...
No, Seriously Folks, Data Is Not The New Oil
A commonplace of our times is that data is the new oil. An unfortunate thing for people to think for it's entirely bass ackwards...
Apple’s $1.8 Billion Tax Backpayment To Ireland Is Not A Fine
It has to be said that there's a certain amusement that Apple is now paying some parts of that tax bill to Ireland. The...
Clear And Obvious Protectionism – A Cartel Forming – In The Napa Valley
We are all warned that the American economy is becoming more concentrated. There are fewer producers of any one thing, each of them thereby...
An Important Difference – Structural Or Cyclical Decline On The Railways?
This is an interesting little spanner being thrown in the works. For we've - as we all too bloody well know - that insistence...
Cute Statistic – So Remote The Closest Humans Are On The Space Station
The Guardian tells us of Point Nemo, a place so remote that often enough the closest human beings are those on the International Space...
Trump’s Planned Parenthood Restrictions Seem Fair Enough
Donald Trump is bringing in some further restrictions upon what Planned Parenthood - and others - can do with the Federal funding they receive....