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Commentary / Canada, Greenland, New York Times, Panama Canal, Trump /

Let the Chaos Begin …

January 7, 2025

I really don’t know how to react. Trump really did say … “Trump Suggests U.S. Territorial Expansion” All you need to know about the potential for chaos over the next few years is in that headline taken from this afternoon’s online version of the New York Times. Yes. Trump, during today’s press conference held at […]

Commentary / capitalism, democracy, Donald Trump, plutocracy, Reagan /

Welcome to 2025

January 6, 2025

Welcome to 2025. The first year of Trump 2.0. It promises to be fun — as long as by “fun” we mean chaotic or unpredictable. The dilemma is clear from the torrent of material flooding our various commentariat avenues. Take Janan Ganesh in Thursday’s Financial Times. He has written one of his usual deliberately […]

Commentary, Economics / capitalism, CEO Pay, democracy, plutocracy, shareholder value /

On the Folly of Lord Spencer

December 12, 2024

Tone deaf? Or just plain stupid? Both, perhaps? I don’t know anything about Lord Michael Spencer other than what I just read in today’s Financial Times. He is, apparently, a billionaire and the founder of something called ICAP which is, I am led to believe, a brokerage. I know, consequently, that Lord Spencer does not […]

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