Greta Thunberg was Wrong about Economic Growth

In a speech, Greta Thunberg stated: “all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth”. Continue reading “Greta Thunberg was Wrong about Economic Growth”

What is 1 + 1? It depends who you ask!

Donald Trump

By Shealah Craighead - White House, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63768460
Official portrait of President Donald J. Trump, Friday, By Shealah Craighead – White House, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63768460

“Glad you asked me this question. I am a very stable genius and math is one of my specialties. When I was on the Howard Stern show, he asked me a very difficult math question, “What is 17 times 6?”.

 

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The EU after Brexit – A Vision for Success

Much has been written about the effects of Brexit on the UK, but there has been little thought given to the future of the EU itself.

The problems of the EU are well known. What Europe needs is a Julius Caesar, Charlemagne, Napoleon or a Bismark (or all of them). Angela Merkel showed hints of European leadership, until her disastrous error in allowing unlimited numbers of “refugees” into Germany. Even though there is the lack of leadership, clear common goals and periodic crises, the EU muddles through, in spite of the British press gleefully predicting the imminent break-up of the EU and the collapse of the Euro

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