When people talk about the greatest economists, they cite the likes of Smith, Friedman, Marx, and Keynes. They often ignore not only the…
Category: Economics
The Vital Importance of Financial Inclusion
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.” – Chinese proverb Financial inclusion is one of the most…
Wealth & Value: The Role of Emotions
“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.” ― Confucius. Hearing that Jeff Bezos…
The Next Industrial Revolution: Let’s Do it Right This Time
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. – John F. Kennedy Over the…
Continuous Improvement: The Evolution of Toyota
“Before you say you can’t do something, try it.” – Sakichi and Kiichiro Toyoda From its origins as an offshoot of the cloth industry,…
Change Everything: The Evolution of Samsung
“Change everything except your wife and children.” – Lee Kun-Hee, Samsung Group Chairman, 1993 Now one of South Korea’s most powerful…
The Power of State-Owned Enterprise
“…failure comes from resisting that which works best…in favour of some systematic method or principle claiming universal validity…” -…
Epidemics, Economics, and the Cost of Survival
Because the world is so full of death and horror, I try again and again to console my heart and pick the flowers that grow in the midst…
The Cure to An Ailing Economy
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief,…
The Future of Our Food
Farming and agriculture is one of the most important and oldest professions out there. How we farm and grow crops has changed drastically…