My “winery visit” blog didn’t produce much feedback — responses to the young lady’s question, “Why do you buy bottles from Mexico? Why not from the U.S.?” Some 500 people did click on the article at some places or the other where it was posted (Medium, LinkedIn, Facebook, and my…

It is unconscionable… Take a look at my letter to the editor of The Washington Post published this morning, which appeared in the online edition yesterday: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/24/it-is-unconscionable-insist-developing-countries-slow-development/

Winery Visit Turns Sour (Part 1) In the summer of 2000, my wife and I decided to take a day trip to Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island in Lake Erie. We were excited at the prospect of visiting this resort, which played a key role in America’s history during the…

The iPhone is 15 Today! It was launched by Apple Inc. exactly fifteen years ago — on June 29, 2007 — though it had previously been showcased by Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007 during his keynote address at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco: “Today, we’re introducing three revolutionary…

In Praise of Public Libraries: A new Golden Age and not just on paper In January, the Washington Post carried an editorial lauding “A New Golden Age of Public Libraries.” “As the world enters 2022, public libraries are emerging as one of the bright spots — literally,” the Post’s editorial…

On October 15, 1997, San Francisco-based Charles Schwab Corporation’s entire management team, 120-strong, walked across the Golden Gate Bridge, each wearing a gold-trimmed navy blue jacket with the words CROSSING THE CHASM across the back — symbolizing the full-service brokerage firm’s changeover to an online, discount brokerage that allowed its…

“New economies” emerge following major technological innovations, which typically redefine the rules of the game and how people live and work. The term “new economy” has been in use as a metaphor for transformational change in societies for a long time, but it acquired almost a new meaning in the…

A Sonnet in Praise of Where We live We live in a 55+ community called Potomac Green in Loudoun County, Northern Virginia. It’s a wonderful community with about 2,500 people (average age 70–75) living in 1,400 homes. It has a lot of activities, clubs, and interest groups to keep residents…

No, I am not talking about the 2009 romantic comedy starring Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin, It’s Complicated. I am talking about economics. Some find the subject too easy, and some find it too hard (including yours truly). Bertrand Russell (1887–1970), the famous British mathematician, logician, and philosopher, studied economics…