Warren Buffett and the Chicago Graduate School of Business — trip to Omaha May 12th 2006

I recently gave a talk at the Chicago Graduate School of Business. One of the students that I met there, James Bray sent me his notes on their trip to Omaha to meet Buffett.
His…

Fear, Complexity and Environmental Management in the 21st Century

I have not read one of Michael Crichton’s books, and I realize that he is a controversial figure. But this was a great lecture, and is a valuable antidote to those of us who think that we are smart enough to work out…

Fear, Complexity and Environmental Management in the 21st Century

I have not read one of Michael Crichton’s books, and I realize that he is a controversial figure. But this was a great lecture, and is a valuable antidote to those of us who think that we are smart enough to work out…

China’s looming talent shortage — the McKinsey Quarterly

China’s economy is growing by leaps and bounds, and its labour market can’t keep up.

With a huge supply of low-cost workers, mainland China has fast become the world’s manufacturing workshop, supplying…

Lou Marinoff — Sacred and Profane Extremism

Friend Lou Marinoff on why we need to chose the middle way.
A couple of money quotes:
On “Mutual Assured Demonisation”

Ever since 9/11, an understandable concern among Americans…

Lou Marinoff — Sacred and Profane Extremism

Friend Lou Marinoff on why we need to chose the middle way.
A couple of money quotes:
On “Mutual Assured Demonisation”

Ever since 9/11, an understandable concern among Americans…

Warren Buffett and the Chicago Graduate School of Business — trip to Omaha May 12th 2006

I recently gave a talk at the Chicago Graduate School of Business. One of the students that I met there, James Bray sent me his notes on their trip to Omaha to meet Buffett.
His…

The Perfect Mark — a Massachusetts psychotherapist and a Nigerian e-mail scam

I don’t know how many Nigerian scam emails I have must have received. Who would have thought that anybody actually gets taken in. This article that appeared in the New Yorker provides a fascinating…

Victor Davis Hanson with a great article again

In the brief present window between Iran’s enrichment and its final step to weapons-grade production, we must keep calm and give Ahmadinejad even more rope to hang himself. As his present hysteria grows, exasperated Europeans or jittery neighbors…