Having recently made a speech during which a fair number of people walked out, I decided it was high time to write down some guidelines for myself. Of course I will have to stick to them then!
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On Delivering a Speech
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010Market Capitalism
Monday, August 24th, 2009Markets are always interesting. They are both a product of and one of the important outcomes of democracy. They are an input to and a product of democracy. They are the collective opinion of thousands of commentators and players of businessmen, bankers, of politicians and of financiers. One of the great collectors of market opinion is the Federal Open Market Committee of the United States.
Safety in the EU
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
The EU in concept is about safety. At the gut level before higher order considerations come into the reckoning the EU is about the safety and security of European families.
Parochialism Vs the pan-European good
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009Over the next few blogs it will be my intention to deal with the issues of democracy in general and as it is applied in Europe, with world competitiveness in the context of the major world federations i.e. China, India, United States and Europe. We will do all this in the context of the biggest issue facing our species, which is surviving and thriving and having enough energy in the post fossil fuel era.
My view on business
Thursday, March 12th, 2009Firstly do the right thing. What does this mean? It has two components. Strategy and ethics.
Strategy answers the questions what, where, when?
China – trying to square a very hard circle
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008It is impossible to begin to think about energy demand in the world without thinking about China.
Price variability
Friday, October 17th, 2008In the middle of the international crisis that is engulfing the financial system, it seems slightly off the mark to talk about fossil fuel variability. However it still has to be talked about. We have seen oil go from $60 to $146 a barrel and back down to $87 in the space of a year.
Who benefits from cheap oil?
Friday, October 10th, 2008If this question were asked casually thirty years ago, the answer might have been a simple – everyone.
Simple supply and demand
Friday, October 3rd, 2008Thank God for the Internet! The most democratic medium on Earth.
I mentioned my great buddy Shimon Awerbuch. He was a great – no, make that the greatest economist on electricity sustainability.
The value of wind
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008The first thing the opponents of wind energy do is to say “it’s too expensive”. Lawmakers, who are under pressure from their voters on account of high energy prices are inclined to listen to this “wind is too expensive” nonsense.
