Book review

Remote: Office Not Required

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Remote: Office Not Required I’m a fan of 37 signals.com. They provide software that really makes your working life a lot easier. I enjoyed their other book, Rework, and I enjoyed Remote, as it shows managers the importance of remote workers (the people not clogged up all the time in the office) and that not … Read more

Ronald Coase – Still Destroying Sacred Cows

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Ronald Coase writes very well, he is one of only a handful of economists who I know who can actually writes well. David Friedman and Hazllitt are superb. Hayek is a cure for insomnia. Ronald Case – Stupid Ideas Highlighter Ronald Coase has a a great talent for destroying stupid ideas. Stupid ideas can be … Read more

Basic lessons are the best

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At end of David Landes epic “The Wealth and Poverty of Nations”  he asks the question “And what of the poor themselves?” His response deserves reading as it is as relevant today for Europe as it has ever been. “History tells us that the most successful cures probably come from within. Foreign aid can help, … Read more

A simple way to growth

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I spent the summer on the Baltic coast reading David Landes,  Wealth and Poverty of Nations.  The book should be read. I was struck by an excellent section on why Britain, rather than other countries, reaped economic growth, lifting millions out of dire, gut wrenching poverty. His summary, below, provides a simple, yet not simplistic, … Read more