Category Archives: Economy
The Ottawa Protocol (full text)
. The Ottawa Protocol on Combating Antisemitism . Preamble We, Representatives of our respective Parliaments from across the world, convening in Ottawa for the second Conference and Summit of the Inter-parliamentary Coalition for Combating Antisemitism, note and reaffirm the London … Continue reading
Downtown Pyongyang
North Korea’s capital city of Pyongyang It’s like a semi-abstract still life… minus the life part. . Image by David Guttenfelder from The Independent: Lost world: Scenes from North Korea’s closed society Story to go with the pictures, by David … Continue reading
US Rating Downgrade (S&P report)
Excerpt: Rating Action On Aug. 5, 2011, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States of America to ‘AA+’ from ‘AAA’. The outlook on the long-term rating is negative. At the same time, Standard … Continue reading
Social Media Thoughts for Enterprise Managers #3
Ten basic things to remember about social media for business: Keep it short. Be responsive, accurate, creative, honest, helpful and polite. Don’t expect everyone to agree with you. In the blogosphere, as in life, effective moderation is key. Social media … Continue reading
Social Media Thoughts for Enterprise Managers #2
Here’s one to keep you up at night: What percentage of your fans, friends and followers are real people? Increasingly, corporations are turning to technology for automated social media solutions, some of which offer the ability to: create and manage … Continue reading
Social Media Thoughts for Enterprise Managers #1
Many business managers that I meet would seem to agree that: Social media is a very promising but potentially risky marketing tool It sounds so reasonable. And it’s certainly an easy position to defend: it’s conservative, so it plays well … Continue reading
In 10 Words, or Less… Crowdfunding
“The monetisation of a common interest by its enamoured masses.”
Filed under 10 Words or Less, Economy, Reason
Romancing the Sphere
Some may find this unique table helpful in understanding spheres. Beyond the purely mathematic, this fully symmetrical regime may also find application in physics, sociology and economics. Note: Employing the diametric mode for mental–or pencil–calculation can be much quicker than using … Continue reading
A Peace of Jerusalem: Revision Notice
The document A Peace of Jerusalem was revised on this date. The document is the result of a collaboration undertaken between October 27, 2009, and August 7, 2010, involving approximately 300 people from different countries and regions of the world (including … Continue reading
