Exceptionalism and The Pillars of Society
The invitation for the end-of-the-year flight was a bit unusual. It had an image that looked familiar, as I have a copy of the painting in my office. Obviously, I thought George Grosz would be on the flight. That made the invitation to fly to Nairobi even more...Assessing the Outlook for 2024
John E. Charalambakis & Mohamed Ramzi Roshdi We all remember, not with the fondest memories, the market performance in 2022. The S&P 500 lost 19.4%, and even long-term government bonds performed badly (losing 31.2%) as interest rates kept rising. The...Oh My: Wild Market Moves and Geopolitical Hubris from Aeschylus to Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, Part II
Market bifurcation, as discussed in the previous commentary, is not an exclusive right of markets and geopolitical philosophy/practices. Ten days ago, OpenAI (the parent company of ChatGPT) demanded that right too, after first firing Sam Altman (one of the founders)...Oh My: From Euripides and the Tragedy of the Commons to the Nietzschean Tragedy of a Bifurcated Market and Geopolitical Reality, Part I
It was April 16, 1917, when Vladimir Lenin stepped down from the train at the Finland train station in a triumphant return – after 17 years in Swiss exile – to demonstrate the will to power when the might makes it right. “Dear comrades, soldiers, sailors, and workers,...Sign Up for Our Publications
