The issue of the economic role of government in a country is huge. Particularly if you are American or European, this topic is so heavily discussed that if it wasn’t of such grave importance to so many people, it would have reached overkill status long ago.  Strangely, it’s not something politicians are keen on talking about during a recession. If someone outside of the U.S. were to observe

Everybody wants something. And we all know that to get what we want, we have to deal with other people. Often what we want conflicts with what other people want. Why don’t we see eye to eye? That’s easy. We’re different! But how is another matter. Last week, we talked about dealing with the differences between us and that handling those differences properly will be an important characteristic of

It’s a topsy-turvy world when billionaire bankers are supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement, especially considering their primary target is billionaire bankers. As manager of one of the largest bond investment companies in the world, Mohamed El-Erian has frequently been known to say things like: “A peaceful drive for greater social justice can unify people from diverse cultural backgrounds,

It’s a small world after all. Have you noticed things changing? I think it’s natural for every thoughtful individual and, subsequently, every society to have the sense that the whole of society is in flux. Think about your parents and grandparents and how they likely have stories about the old days when things were less expensive, people behaved differently, and society operated on different