Good old Mr. Marx complained that workers could not benefit from the fruits of their labour. Customers are even more disadvantaged. Customer purchases fund companies that keep the revenue for themselves.
Since the invention of the stock market, smart customers hold stock in the companies they buy...
Continue reading...I recently heard of a pastor who prayed that "G-d's will would be done" in the Canadian federal election. On the face, this seems like a good way of not taking a side or making anyone angry. If the outcome is just "G-d's will", anger is pointless.
Yet, to me, this seems wrong. Politics is a human...
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Writing a business book as a novel, something that Goldratt helped make popular, was widespread for a while. This trend led to criticisms of business books being "light fluff", instead of serious works. Novelization improved the breadth of readership and sales of the book, making it a good business...
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As a technophile, for decades I have maintained an interest in space developments, so the current boom in space, especially the private space race, has been enormously entertaining. While reading and studying for a class in finance, I saw things a little differently. This following essay shares one...
Continue reading...As much as the public has been urged in one breathless news broadcast after another to "follow the science", in reality, the science has lagged far behind policy throughout much of the current pandemic scare. So I read the details of the Great Barrington Declaration with great...
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(Note: This article was originally written to fulfill class work.)
Kiva is a platform I have some familiarity with, having made 487 loans, to date. The idea is simple, connect microfinance lenders with capital from the Western do-gooders to re-shape economic destiny in the poorest of countries. Th...
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Ah, space.
It's always been an attraction for me. While I didn't come up in the aerospace industry, or make my career in one of the hard sciences, I've always been attracted.
A couple of years ago, Elon Musk announced his intention to go to Mars. I followed every announcement with rapt attention...
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"Why are there no organizations that are not hierarchies?" my friend asked. It was the beginning of a soliloquy and he wasn't actually interested in an answer. Which is fine, as I quite like his diatribes.
Yet, there are a number of organizations that have attempted to flatten hierarchies to the p...
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When I was young I was influenced by the work of Napoleon Hill and W. C. Stone. One of the sayings that really stuck with me from their work is, "Every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit."
This doesn't mean that the benefit will naturally come to you, though. Revealing the...
Continue reading...I originally posted this on STEEM about a year ago….
Back in 2015, I read a book called, The Zurich Axioms, by Max Gunther. Since that time, I have spent a lot of time trying to put Max’s ideas into practice. The following are some of my reflections on what I’ve learnt about greed.
When it com...
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