Category Archives: Economy
The Decline and Fall of the Stroh Family Beer Business
Great wealth, like the seasons, is ephemeral. One generation accumulates it. While another burns through it. The difference is dependent upon whether one has a short or long time horizon. Do they save some seed corn for the next grow … Continue reading
Slip Back Economics
What’s this? Has the U.S. consumer, the primary engine of economic growth, become ambivalent? This is what the latest data says… According to the Thomas Reuters/University of Michigan’s early July index reading, consumer sentiment is 81.3. This is below the … Continue reading
Wealth Consumption
There aren’t many professions out there where there are no readily applied and real-time performance standards. In fact, in the corporate world today, there’s a fanatic fixation on tying numerous metrics to performance. You name it… If it’s measurable, verifiable, … Continue reading
The Trifecta of Depravity
You don’t have to look very far these days to see economic disparity, divergence, and contrary counterparts. The rich have never had it so good. A rising stock market, rising home values, and record corporate profits have the top 10 … Continue reading
