I was surprised hearing the above and answered that I only have one (1): my only principle is not having principles. I am a pragmatist with little faith in ideology. After some discussion it appeared that my friend has a different understanding of principles and didn't know that Prinzipienreiter is an insult. I think, feel and believe that my friend may have...
Quality vs Quantity

Ontkoppeling handel tussen Amerika en Europa
Intro LO: Onderstaande - en bovenstaande - gedachte had ik zelf reeds verwerkt in mijn derde (decoupling) bullet van mijn blog van 12 januari 2026: When will American debt become a tipping point? Mijn vraag van vandaag: is deze ontkoppeling eigenlijk realistisch ?? Het ontbreken van een serieus alternatief kan een NEE betekenen want China is geen serieus...
Import tariffs: SCOTUS vs Trump
The continuous - and increasingly ridiculous - import tariff threats by the American president, makes me wonder if he already knows the forthcoming SCOTUS verdict. Losing could well explain his ridiculous threats. Winning could, however, also explain the forthcoming SCOTUS verdict. The absence of that verdict - about the legality of import tariffs - could well imply...

Quality, a 2025 update
In 2020, I published a blog called The cost, quality & speed trade-off in project management and/but without any diagram. In 2021, I published my diagram (below left) in a blog called The oxymoron of government innovation. It seems that my 2023 diagram (below right) was never published (before). Source: The oxymoron of government innovation Source: my draft 2023...

The quality of Love
Just before starting to write this blog, the title above entered my mind. I'm still contemplating on that title and/but it feels good. In 2022, I published a blog in line with today's blog: The road to self-love or philautia. My road was very long. Most likely, it's (very) long for (most) others as well. The word self in self-love has a negative connotation due to...
China’s battle with deflation isn’t just a demand problem (FT)
Intro LO: In a market economy, lower consumer demand is compensated by lower (eg, manufacturing) supply in order to maintain consumer prices. Lower demand without lower supply, will cause high inventories, and the need for price reductions in retail and wholesale. Latter is called (price) deflation. Clearly, China does not quality as a market economy given the very...

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