Financialization
How Wall Street Ruins Everything There was an article in the business section this morning about the railroad industry, and the just-averted railroad strike. From 1980 to today, the railroads…
My Octopus Teacher
FILM The name of the movie “My Octopus Teacher” does not help to sell it to prospective viewers. It seems like it might be for children. I am sure that…
Management books and self help
BOOK This article in The Atlantic is a very entertaining read, a solid entry in the Emperor’s New Clothes genre. Apparently, it is distilled from his book of the same…
Russia/Ukraine: How did we get here?
The following book review by Fred Kaplan gives a detailed explanation of the post-cold-war moves and countermoves that have led up to the recent Russian war on Ukraine.