I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
I have just read James Web Young’s ‘A Technique for Producing Ideas‘. If you are looking for the holy grail of ideas this may not be what you thought you’d learn. But, as with other classics like Mortimer J. Adler’s ‘How to Read a Book’, James Young has detailed clearly and concisely the principles and … Read more
Remote: Office Not Required I’m a fan of 37 signals.com. They provide software that really makes your working life a lot easier. I enjoyed their other book, Rework, and I enjoyed Remote, as it shows managers the importance of remote workers (the people not clogged up all the time in the office) and that not … Read more
Ronald Coase writes very well, he is one of only a handful of economists who I know who can actually writes well. David Friedman and Hazllitt are superb. Hayek is a cure for insomnia. Ronald Case – Stupid Ideas Highlighter Ronald Coase has a a great talent for destroying stupid ideas. Stupid ideas can be … Read more
At end of David Landes epic “The Wealth and Poverty of Nations” he asks the question “And what of the poor themselves?” His response deserves reading as it is as relevant today for Europe as it has ever been. “History tells us that the most successful cures probably come from within. Foreign aid can help, … Read more