I remember the Thatcher revolution. Giving everyone a chance to own a few hundred shares in something they already owned. The water that needed billions invested in to clean up its act, the electric companies that could no longer put purchases onto the bill because it was unfair competition, the selling to the grandchildren the…
The New War
There is much talk about bombing Iran and stopping them attaining the nuclear bomb. I do not disagree with the aim, the mullahs are dangerous and their stated belief system to make Islam the religion of the world is and has been a prime threat for 1400 yeas. But the stated solution to bomb the…
People Are Asleep
I talk to some people I meet going shopping or in stores and I hear them say ‘he is awful’ and ‘this is terrible’ but they don’t have the information ready to support their case. I provide it. they are not sure of names, they are not too sure what they are complaining about in…
The Art Arena
We all know the art arena at the auction house/international level is corrupted by money chasing investment and nothing else. We also know that people chasing the money chasing that investment look for new ideas and new names to sell into that market and that encourages talented self-promotion on an industrial scale. It has led…
Roulette
I cannot even imagine how much money Trump and his minions in the know made in the last ten days. Knowing they could crash the market and then bring it bubbling back up their investments were like casino rules where hey are the house. We know many of them traded before the tariff announcement and…
There is no Democracy
where there is no informed voter. The beginning and end of all freedom is knowledge. Knowledge of what makes you free, knowledge of what makes you a servant. And all knowledge begins with questions. If you do not know, do not trust someone else to inform you they will have an agenda. Find out for…
Reason
It is hard for us today to go back to the 18th century and feel and sense the important impact of populations being informed that reason was better than emotion in politics and in wider society. Even harder to realise it was France that produced some of the finest thinkers like Voltaire whose cross-pollination with…
The Sun is Also Shining
There are so many wars going on takes one dizzy. The web of lies on the Internet, the cultural war the Republicans in America are waging on art – I am sure book burnings have been happening at private parties – the new trade war between America and the the rest of the world, the…
Burning Down the Reichhouse
The Nazis burnt down the Reichstag to allow Adolf to take supreme power in Germany. Trump, among the many dangerous decisions he has made, has fired the NSA director and his deputy, and allowed Musk to hollow out government agency after government agency. It is a fire of another kind but the import of the…
Tariffs
I read on linkedIn that Russia has no tariffs and this is proof that Donald Trump is in their pocket. But economists actually point out countries that have sanctions against them which makes for any meaningful trade with them irrelevant, Russia, Cube, North Korea, had no tariffs levied. I mean he might be in the…