Under the original Cold War alliance designations, the first world consisted of the U.S., Western Europe, and their allies. The second world was the so-called Communist Bloc: the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, etc. The remaining nations, which didn’t align with either group, were assigned t...
They called my kid over with candy, and we of course went over to see what was happening. We filled out a form, and got called twice and emailed three times.They did zero online marketing, which honestly wouldn’t be hard for them to have done. It would be a trivial matter to ...
Market fragmentation is typically initiated by a small customer group whose needs are not being met in the parent market. As the parent market grows and becomes fragmented, it becomes economically viable for abusinessto meet these needs.
I am not speaking politically or economically. Rather I say “Cuba Yes!” for a terrific travel experience. For starters, we must thank “the agency” for making arrangements that worked perfectly for us. If you’re considering a visit to this island nation, please visit Manny and Caroline ...
The only difference is that this time, China’s is the senior partner, in terms of wealth while also being a significant nuclear power. And China is a much more comprehensive adversary of the US than an economically anemic and isolated Soviet Union. The Ukraine crisis may undermine if not ...
In any case, the would-be supreme powers appear to be going all out to demean, demoralize and economically beggar a confident property-owning, independent American middle and working class — a class of citizens which is mostly but not exclusively of European origin, and therefore mostly-sort-...
So eventually, Jay-P noticed this and eased his foot back off of the Easy Money Gas Pedal. And of course when interest rates get jacked up, almost everything else in the economy slows down. And that’s what is happening right now: mortgages are suddenly way more expensive, so people ar...
Fire engine sirens wailed almost constantly, near and far that night, along the streets below us. The LAFD were able to beat out that massive fire in the Angeles National Forest within three days or so. But that was then … this is now, and half a century later. Managerial competence ...
made it through another week of mostly 60-degree daytime weather with sunshine and a few cloudy days too. With what is happening in other areas, we should not complain about Florida weather, but many look forward to those more-loved moderate days in the 70’s when it also stays light ...
The feudal system of industry, in which industrial production was monopolized by closed guilds, now no longer suffices for the growing wants of the new markets. The manufacturing system took its place. The guild-masters were pushed aside by the manufacturing middle class; division of labor betwee...