Global debt is a problem we can no longer ignore

published in South China Morning Post ,4th November 2015 Global debt is a problem we can no longer ignore    We have managed to get through the shark tank of the month of October this year with nary a scratch – a month that often sees Black days, as the markets sell...

Politics of Prize-giving

Robert Mugabe has been disastrous for Zimbabwe. Awards such as the Confucius Peace Prize should go to local heroes who fight for the little guy. In the SCMP: Politics of Prize-giving Two little black boys lived over the hedge between our houses in the middle of...

Danger of deleveraging

From South China Morning Post, 2 October 2015.  20151002 Danger of deleveraging, 2 Oct, 2015   When the lights go on, the cockroaches scurry for the dark – and some of them get squashed. No one knows what is really going on in the dark recesses of a bull market...

A fine mess for VW

From South China Morning Post, 25 September 2015  20150925 A fine mess for VW, 25 Sept, 2015   His object all sublime, He will achieve in time, To let the punishment fit the crime; the punishment fit the crime And make each prisoner pent, unwillingly represent. A...