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Charles Swann: The Kind of High Finance Player / Homme d’Esprit the World Desperately Needs!
Any High Finance Industry should be proud to have such a fine systemic-risk analyst like Mr. Proust’s Charles Swann serving it. Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Ethical Capitalism, Finance, Poetry
Tagged capitalistic existentialism, creative narcissism, Free Society, Political Leadership
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Oh no, Michel Houellebecq dons a Yellow Vest too!
There is no denying that the free trade philosophy is in a difficult period at this time. Despite all its shortcomings, liberalism still deserves an extra chance. Continue reading
Posted in Ethical Capitalism, EURO crisis, Freedom and Innovation, International Relations, Politics
Tagged against crony capitalism, capitalistic existentialism, Realpolitik
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Henry Miller: A Different Kind of Silence Breaker
In the age of the Charlie Rose and Matt Lauer sexual harassment cases the question needs to raised whether Henry Miller’s explicit sexual prose can still continue to be part of the Canon of US Literature. We are quite sure it can Continue reading
Posted in Ethical Capitalism
Tagged creative narcissism
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To all those who have fallen through the cracks
Someone out there does indeed have to demonstrate that wisdom can still impose itself and break through without having to hawk itself, to market itself or otherwise make some noise about itself. Because this is what our hysteric and overcrowded digital marketplace truly demands. Continue reading
Posted in About us, Ethical Capitalism
Tagged capitalistic existentialism, creative narcissism
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The difficulty of being Captain Courageous in front of a narcissistic boss
Former FBI-Director Comey must have felt in his various meetings with POTUS 45 that this man in front of him doesn’t take a candid rejection of his wishes in a stride. That is why he opted for an appeasing response on the President’s inappropriate Flynn request rather than to courageously call the Commander-in-Chief to order. Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Ethical Capitalism, International Relations, Politics
Tagged Philosophy of Freedom, Policy and PR, Political Leadership, Politicians
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The Buddhist versus the Biblical versus the Existentialist versus the Bourgeois Business Model
Different philosophies and faiths entail different business models. Here are some of them. Enjoy! Continue reading
Orlando, Magnanville, Birstall…. Out of the box-thinking is required to deal with the rising tide of lunacy and hate in our digital society
Tweet Observation a day after the killing of British MP Jo Cox Yesterdays’s murder of British Labour MP Jo Cox has left us just as devastated as the mass shooting in Orlando and the killing of Jean-Baptiste Savaing and Jessica … Continue reading
From Hollywood Boulevard to Molenbeek and beyond
Tweet A reflection on the horrendous terror attacks in Brussels On Saturday, March 19, it was Sean Baker’s highly insightful movie “Tangerine” (http://www.magpictures.com/tangerine/) that caught our attention. “Tangerine” stands in the tradition of Alexandre Duma’s “The Lady of the Camellias”, … Continue reading
Is there a correlation between suicide rates and austerity in Euroland?
It is not austerity politics but the inadequacy of the Euro for the Greek economy that accounts for the present rise in suicide rates in Greece. Continue reading
Another important chapter in the austerity revolution
The UK election of May 7 was first and foremost a national referendum on austerity politics. And in the confinement of their voting booth, voters probably realized that the tough cost cutting of the Cameron government is very likely the more responsible way to deal with the challenges of the future than the tax-and spend-approach that Labour and others were advocating for. Continue reading
