China
Interesting BBC piece on China
Retail Therapy
I have opined before about my welcoming the death of the local Borders and Angus and Robertson bookstores. There is only so long you can go on ripping people off before they wise up – consumers are many things but there does come a point when they do become price sensitive. This reflexive price sensitivity…
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I have opined before about my welcoming the death of the local Borders and Angus and Robertson bookstores. There is only so long you can go on ripping people off before they wise up – consumers are many things but there does come a point when they do become price sensitive. This reflexive price sensitivity…
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Interesting graphic from Good comparing relative prices. The only thing missing is printer ink which on a rough calculation comes in at about $7,500 per gallon or thereabouts.
Gallon to Gallon
Interesting graphic from Good comparing relative prices. The only thing missing is printer ink which on a rough calculation comes in at about $7,500 per gallon or thereabouts.
DetailsMichael Lewis circa 1989
Michael Lewis the author if Liars Poker which I consider compulsory reading for traders produced this article back in 1989
Michael Lewis circa 1989
Michael Lewis the author if Liars Poker which I consider compulsory reading for traders produced this article back in 1989
Surprising fact of the day
Following the complete and utter implosion of the Irish economy – Some 300,000 new dwellings now stand empty in the Irish Republic, a number whose equivalent in the United States would be approximately 21 million. Unemployment is now 13 percent in Ireland; it would be higher if 5 percent of the working-age population (principally the…
DetailsSurprising fact of the day
Following the complete and utter implosion of the Irish economy – Some 300,000 new dwellings now stand empty in the Irish Republic, a number whose equivalent in the United States would be approximately 21 million. Unemployment is now 13 percent in Ireland; it would be higher if 5 percent of the working-age population (principally the…
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