Monthly Archives: June 2009
Baseball Is a Game with No Rules, Only Exceptions
And now, as Monty Python once said, for something completely different. Have you ever tried to explain the game of (Major League) baseball to someone who knows nothing about it? I tried once, back in the 1980s, to explain it … Continue reading
Free trade doesn’t work for the ignorant
Free trade works for everyone – but only if everyone works. Rich countries, especially in North America, are getting lazy, and that spells trouble. Continue reading
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Tagged America's future, American economy, Canada's future, economy, employment, free trade, global economy, jobs
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The Health Care Question No One Dares to Ask
by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. All developed nations are struggling with health care because of their aging populations. In America, for instance, the Great Debate is on, chock full of noise and nonsense, about providing universal health care. Those opposed … Continue reading
Robots Arrive
by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. I’ve written about robots on several occasions before, but want to revisit the subject because the arrival of robots is imminent, and portends more than just science fiction characters come to life. First, let’s review … Continue reading
WILD CARD WARNING: Is America too big to fail?
A wild card is a low probability event, which, if it occurs, has dramatic consequences. I believe we now face such a wild card. The idea occurred to me just last week, as I was riding a plane from A … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American economy, economy, geopolitics, global economy
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