Deze week kreeg ik bovenstaande vraag. Ik maakte meteen duidelijk dat deze vraag al mijn grenzen opzocht. Mijn grenzen verschillen per persoon. Van de een kan ik meer accepteren dan van de ander. Mijn grenzen zijn relatief en niet absoluut want iemands (goede) intenties zijn belangrijk. Meestal geef ik eerst een waarschuwing indien iemand mijn grenzen dreigt te...
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Congress just pushed the U.S. toward a debt crisis. The Fed can’t save us. (WaPo)
Intro LO: The biggest problem of a debt crisis is the increasing interest burden in annual government budgets. This explains why Trump wants to replace the chairman of the Federal Reserve, who resists lowering interest rates. Lower interest rates would - normally - help in containing the annual interest burden. Wikipedia: "A debt crisis is a situation in...
Why is Change so hard?
Yesterday, I noticed an interesting question, by a "former cabinet secretary", in the Financial Times: Why is change so hard to deliver? FT article's subtitle: "British politicians find the odds stacked against making good on promises made to voters". The question above has been on my mind as well. The answer relates to the drivers of Change; 2018: Drivers of Change...
China tells EU it can’t accept Russia losing its war against Ukraine
Intro LO: This recent SCMP article came as a surprise to me because this geopolitical angle was brand new. Is this perhaps an example of the ancient saying the blind leading the blind ?? This SCMP article also reveals that China is far weaker than anyone is assuming. Quite often, bullying and/or sacrificing an ally matches with the behaviour of a (true) Superpower,...
The big America hedge (Axios)
Intro LO: In my view, the US$ decline was due for decades but the new US president caused its tipping point, “a point in time when a group—or many group members—rapidly and dramatically changes its behavior by widely adopting a previously rare practice.” (Wiki). Finally, we are willing to see a country busy with tax cuts for the rich while ballooning its already...
You need friction to move forward
A local friend made the (Dutch) comment above. He urged me to consider this and write about it. His smirky smile suggested that his remark had an ambiguous (eg, sexual) context, which is rather common. Actually, Science (eg, Boston Uni, Physics, TH) agrees with his observation: Yes, friction is necessary for forward motion in many cases. When an object pushes...
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