Watch them in order 🙂

I must be in romantic mood as I feel compelled to share one of my favorite poems 🙂 … Continuer la lecture de « Summons by Robert Francis »

Over the last two weeks I had the pleasure of attending the eG8 Summit in Paris at the … Continuer la lecture de « Cameron Rules, Sarkozy Sucks! »

I recently wrote how the world is less globalized than we suspect it is and how we now … Continuer la lecture de « Why India is behind China! »

I have always had one favorite restaurant: La Petite Maison in Nice. I have always loved Mediterranean food … Continuer la lecture de « New York is now complete! »

  As I was reading The Upside of Irrationality, Dan Ariely’s sequel to the brilliant Predictably Irrational, I … Continuer la lecture de « How to minimize human misery in recessions or the macroeconomic implications to hedonic adaptation »

As a self-styled Roman history buff who has always considered Augustus to be my role model because he … Continuer la lecture de « Augustus: The Life of Rome’s First Emperor by Anthony Everitt is enriching »

I am a bit at a loss for words when it comes to describing my liking of The … Continuer la lecture de « The Metropolis Case is beautifully written and shockingly compelling »

This might yet again be an illustration of the power of low expectations. I was not impressed by … Continuer la lecture de « Fast Five is surprisingly good! »

I was shocked that the statistics I came across in a recent article in The Economist which presented … Continuer la lecture de « Globalization is more fragile and less entrenched than you think! »

You might argue that coming from me it might not be much of a change from the usual, … Continuer la lecture de « Warning: Be prepared for self-indulgent narcissism over the next few days 🙂 »

I posted the video when it first came out in 2007 and watched it again this morning and … Continuer la lecture de « The Ricther Scales should update “Here Comes Another Bubble” »

There was a great article in this week’s Wall Street Journal on the 1 to 3 percent of … Continuer la lecture de « The Sleepless Elite »

If you share my quirky sense of humor, you will love this article from the Economist on how … Continuer la lecture de « How to buy respectability 🙂 »