Optimism: The Best Economic Medicine
Infectious Fear: Across Time & Place “. . . . and you always fear what you don’t understand . . . ” thunders Carmine Falcone (played by Tom Wilkinson) to…
Lessons from The Godfather: Push Back Bullies, Tactfully
“Give them (the wolves) an inch and they’ll take a mile.” “ . . . . And then if we let them push us around on the little things they…
Yield Inversion and Other Possible Recession Indicators
Contradictory Developments In a climate where recessionary terror rages across the globe, Economics Nobel laureate Robert Schiller offered a glimmer of rationality through his deft remark that while yield inversion…
Decoding the Rise, Rise, and Rise of Gold
“Get gold humanely if you can, but at all hazards, get gold.” King Ferdinand of Spain, 1511 A.D. Gold: A Timeless Troubleshooter Athens was an endangered city-state in 407 B.C.…
The Priest & The Brat
Why the ability to read minds a.k.a. emotional intelligence is so important! (This short narrative is a work of fiction and is a redrafted version of an old story) Just…
The Fundamentals of Ecological Footprint (APA style)
The Fundamentals of Ecological Footprint Name Institutional Affiliation Abstract Ecological Footprint (EF) is a simple…
Inequality & the Fall of Civilizations Part 3 : Why Morality Matters?
History’s Take on the Moral Hazards of Inequality “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” George Santayana. Once Upon a Time . . . Long,…
Inequality and the Fall of Civilizations Part 2 : Why Morality Matters?
Globalization, Inequality, & Parasitic Growth of the Finance Sector “Inequality is the defining issue of our time.” Barack Obama. In the first part of the series, we explored how inequality-inspired…
Inequality and the Fall of Civilizations Part 1 : Why Morality Matters?
BREXIT and Trump Triumph in Historical Perspective The world has enough for everyone’s need, but not enough for everyone’s greed. Mahatma Gandhi. Few would have sensed the overtones hidden in…
Taking a Holistic View of the Global Economic Crisis
When Hell Bells Toll! Financial players could literally feel them, the shock waves on September 15, 2008 when Lehman Brothers went bankrupt. The tumour of the subprime mortgage crisis was…