Deflation, Inflation, and the Disappearance of Deficit Phobia

5 years ago

Inflation is, essentially, the expression of excess demand or, on its flip side, a sign of depressed supply. The trillions…

Smoke and Mirrors Line the Fringes of the Pandemic

5 years ago

Luigi di Maio owes his rapid ascendancy in Italian politics to an almost virulent display of Euroscepticism. It propelled the…

Separating the Wheat from the Chaff

5 years ago

Scale, speed, and simplicity. In order to have a discernible effect, measures taken to alleviate the impact of the corona…

Book Review: The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger – Iger’s Wild Ride to the Top of ‘the Happiest Place on Earth’

5 years ago

Back in 2005, Robert Iger’s 31-year journey at Disney and ABC looked like it could come to an end. Pulitzer…

The Great Equaliser That Was Not

5 years ago

In a macabre spin on the corona pandemic, some sociologists and economists tentatively hail the deadly virus as the great…

Business in Times of Corona: The Lure of Rustbelts When Lean Is No Longer Mean

5 years ago

During their short lifetime, shrimp barely migrate. Aided by a snap of their tail and the tidal currents, the crustaceans…

Business in Times of Corona: The Welfare State May Yet Prove Its Worth

5 years ago

The currently much deplored absence of a social security safety net is a feature – and not necessarily a bug…

Harvard Business School on Impact-Weighted Accounts: the Missing Piece in Economy Puzzle

5 years ago

Capitalism is in need of a renaissance. Despite headlines of strong global economic growth, there are signs that all is…

Blessings, Curses, Co-operation and Collaboration – the Virus is Forcing Knowledge upon us

5 years ago

No one was expecting this. No one knows what will happen next. Does that make this a time to hunker…

Business in Times of Corona: A Gathering Storm Darkens the Prospects of Africa

5 years ago

Even before the corona virus made its presence known, market analysts had no need for prescient powers to predict trouble…