Climate change policies and opportunities, some lessons from Friedrich Hayek
The G8 just stated it’s ambition to half the emission of greenhouse gases by.. 2050. We are not climate experts, but let’s review a few stylized facts.
The American Energy Crisis
It’s a sad sight. Chrysler and General Motors in general crisis, and Ford not far behind. Predictions of 10M cars or so going of American roads as a consequence of […]
Speculation responsible for high oil prices?
The short answer is no. However, before you stop reading here, our opinion matters less than some, even if we’re more right. US congress has assembled a panel of ‘experts’, […]
Honda versus Toyota; fuel cells versus electrical cars
While in bastion of capitalism, the US, speculators are blamed even in Congress for the high gasoline prices, the rest of the world is actually taking steps to remedy the […]
Globalization and competitiveness; how to compete against China?
It’s not rocket science to make a country perform and take advantage of the opportunities that the global marketplace offers. Comparative advantage has always been a difficult concept to grasp […]
Defining Moments
We are in a philosophical mood. Life is usually defined in just a few moments. Often, these moments itself are pretty banal and/ or arbitrary, and only became obvious turning […]
Clinton versus Obama, the ‘vision’ thing
You what? The contest has just been decided (although it takes some time to sink in at one end of the contest), so it seems we’re a bit behind the […]
It’s politics, stupid!
Economic versus political logic. In search of Plato’s philosopher king.
A Blessing in disguise?
The high energy prices are a wonderful thing. We needed to get off oil for numerous reasons, since politics can’t do it, especially in the US, how about a great […]
How the European Union destroyed European football
Two English teams in the Champion League final, three in the last four and it could have been four, but two had to play one another in the quarter finals. […]